The appeal is being remanded to the RO for an examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's left varicocele.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence exists to properly rate the Veteran's condition under applicable codes, necessitating a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0906979
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board denied the claims for increased ratings and remanded the claim for service connection of left varicocele.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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