The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hernia repair and right testicle condition, finding that there was no increase in severity of the pre-existing undescended right testicle condition during service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show an increase in severity of the pre-existing undescended right testicle condition during service, and the Veteran's assertions were found to be inconsistent with medical knowledge or implausible.
- Claimed conditions
- hernia repair, right testicle condition
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24003392
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,828 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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