The Board denied service connection for both the penile condition and cervical injury, finding no evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence of record persuasively weighs against finding that either condition began during active service or is related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- penile condition, cervical injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25005967
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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