The Board has remanded the veteran's claims due to incomplete service records and the need for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded because the RO could not locate the veteran's service medical records, which are necessary to determine the etiology of his current groin problems. The examiner will be asked to consider whether these conditions are related to active duty service in Operation Desert Storm or any unverified ACDUTRA.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right inguinal hernia, right orchiectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0629048
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This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0629048.
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) based on service-connected disabilities has been granted, with the effective date set to September 28, 2011.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the issues of entitlement to a compensable disability rating for right orchiectomy, entitlement to service connection for bladder outlet obstruction, and entitlement to service connection for nocturia.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the issues of whether severance for the grant of service connection for right orchiectomy and entitlement to SMC K on account of anatomical loss of a creative organ is proper due to an inadequate medical opinion in the original decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right inguinal hernia was denied because he failed to report for a necessary VA examination, and there is no evidence of good cause provided.
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