The Board denied reopening the claim of entitlement to service connection for removal of the left testicle due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to support the claim of entitlement to service connection for removal of the left testicle.
- Claimed conditions
- left testicle disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0215690
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional development, including examinations and medical records review. The TDIU claim is also remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left testicle disability, finding that it is at least as likely as not incurred in service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for left testicle varicocele and left knee scars must be remanded due to the need for additional examination and evaluation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for a left testicle disability was denied because the new evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
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