The Board has determined that an effective date prior to July 26, 2019 for the grant of service connection for chronic right orchialgia is not warranted. The Veteran's claim was received on July 26, 2019 and a noncompensable rating was granted at that time. The Board has also remanded the issues of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for chronic right orchialgia and SMC for loss of a creative organ due to duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be prior to July 26, 2019 as no claim was pending before that date.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right orchialgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2023
- Citation
- A23036921
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Denied
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