The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's testicular disability, as the symptoms and impairment more nearly approximate the criteria for this rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran has removal of one testis with nonfunctioning of the other, meeting the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7524.
- Claimed conditions
- left testicle atrophy, removal of right testicle due to cancer with history of spermatocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25036432
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for an increased rating and earlier effective date for left testicle atrophy have been dismissed due to the appellant's withdrawal of both appeals.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a left testicle condition (claimed as bilateral), but denied service connection for left breast lymphadenopathy.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of July 31, 2004 for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU). The Veteran's claims for service connection for right testicle atrophy and entitlement to a compensable disability rating for left testicle atrophy remain denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left testicle atrophy is related to a groin injury he sustained in service, and grants service connection for this condition.
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