The Veteran's voiding dysfunction and erectile dysfunction are found to be secondary to his service-connected testicular cancer, leading to a grant of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: Both the voiding dysfunction and erectile dysfunction were found to be caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected testicular cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- voiding dysfunction, erectile dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22048110
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