The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for a disability affecting the testes, to include a varicocele, a benign cyst, and associated pain.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the appellant's disabilities affecting the testes manifested to a compensable degree during the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- varicocele, benign cyst, associated pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2024
- Citation
- 24001573
What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for varicocele, special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The claim for service connection for lumbosacral pain was remanded.
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