The Board granted service connection for a right scrotal cyst, finding it to be related to the Veteran's treatment for gonorrhea during active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least approximately balanced as to whether the Veteran's right scrotal cyst is related to service, and resolving any doubt in favor of the Veteran, the Board finds that service connection is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- right scrotal cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25102566
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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