The Veteran's low back disability is granted service connection, and an initial rating of 20 percent for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is granted. Service connection for varicocele is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection established for the low back disability due to continuity of symptoms since service, with credible reports of in-service injury and post-service treatment. Service connection denied for varicocele as there is no current diagnosis or evidence of a varicocele during the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability (lumbosacral strain and degenerative disc disease), Varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24007088
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's initial rating for scars of the right mastoid and ear, as well as his varicocele prior to June 30, 2016, was granted. From June 30, 2016, a higher rating for varicocele was also granted.
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