The Veteran's service-connected bilateral varicoceles have worsened, and the Board finds that an examination is needed to determine the current severity of his disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran testified about worsening symptoms since his last VA examination in June 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral varicoceles, hematoma vas deferens
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22038325
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for neurogenic stool incontinence and denied his claim for a compensable rating for bilateral varicoceles. The Veteran was granted special monthly compensation (SMC) for loss of use of a creative organ effective December 1, 2013.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all claims for service connection and other issues due to the prohibition against concurrent elections under 38 C.F.R. § 3.2500(b).
- Granted
The Veteran's application to reopen a previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for right testicle torsion was granted. Service connection for bilateral varicoceles, right microlithiasis and spermatoceles is also granted. The initial rating for bilateral pes planus (prior to August 12, 2015) is granted at a 30 percent level.
- Denied
The Veteran's character of discharge for his final period of service from March 1997 to February 2008 is a bar to VA benefits due to the commission of offenses during that period resulting in a dishonorable discharge. The appeal has been withdrawn with respect to several issues.
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