The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to address missing service medical records and other pertinent evidence.
The deciding factor: Additional information and evidence are needed to properly assess the veteran's claims, including his service connection claim for residuals of mumps.
- Claimed conditions
- testicular atrophy, hydroceles, varicosities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0619527
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Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for testicular atrophy and special monthly compensation, as well as higher initial ratings for PTSD and TDIU prior to September 16, 2008.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's initial disability rating for left calf varicosities has been granted at a 20 percent level. The claim of increased rating for the scar, left lower extremity, status post vein stripping is remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of left varicocele surgery and atrophy of the testis due to inadequate medical opinions and the need to obtain additional treatment records.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a genitourinary disability, other than service-connected circumcision with erectile dysfunction and service-connected penile rash. The appeal is remanded due to conflicting medical opinions regarding the cause of the Veteran's current conditions.
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