The Board denied service connection for right testicular torsion as there is no evidence of a current disability related to the in-service condition.
The deciding factor: The probative and persuasive evidence of record fails to show a current disability related to the Veteran's in-service right testicular torsion.
- Claimed conditions
- right testicular torsion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25022114
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,011 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a back disability, left shoulder disability, and residuals of rib fracture. Service connection was granted for tinnitus.,The right testicular torsion claim is remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's requests for earlier effective dates for his service connection decisions, stating that the claims were not continuously pursued prior to December 14, 2015.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability and an initial compensable rating for right testicular torsion, but granted a separate 10 percent rating for scars associated with his orchiopexy. The Board found no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his right testicular torsion is remanded due to the need for a current VA examination and consideration of whether there has been a material change in his condition since his last VA examination.
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