The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for VA examinations to determine the nature and severity of his service-connected status post varicocelectomy with chronic orchialgia disability and the relationship between his claimed left elbow disability and active duty service.
The deciding factor: Further examination and review are needed to properly assess the veteran's disabilities and their relationships to service.
- Claimed conditions
- status post varicocelectomy, with chronic orchialgia, left elbow disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0424495
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal for service connection for anxiety, sinusitis, a cervical spine disability, a left elbow disability, and a right hip disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions and potential secondary service connection theories.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of the claimed bilateral finger, wrist, elbow, and shoulder disabilities. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to errors in obtaining medical opinions and addressing all relevant issues, including secondary service connection.
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