The Board granted special monthly compensation based on the loss of use of a creative organ due to service-connected scrotal varicocele and atrophy of both testes.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the Veteran's testicles measure between one half and one third of their normal size, meeting the criteria for SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ.
- Claimed conditions
- scrotal varicocele, atrophy of both testes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033674
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,772 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Denied
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