The Board has determined that there is insufficient evidence in the record to determine whether the Veteran's right testicular atrophy is related to his service-connected residual right inguinal hernia. The case is being remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional opinion is necessary to clarify whether the Veteran's right testicular atrophy is caused or aggravated by his service-connected residual right inguinal hernia disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right testicular atrophy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2015
- Citation
- 1518584
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right testicular disability, including atrophy and pain, was found to be worse than the current noncompensable rating. The Board has ordered a remand for further examination and consideration of all relevant evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the April 1954, April 2004, and May 2007 rating decisions denying service connection for orchitis and right testicular atrophy associated with mumps were not clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The Veteran did not have a current disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right testicular atrophy was found to be a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the VA hernia repair, and compensation benefits are granted under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claim for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to a right testicular condition allegedly related to VA hernia repair in July 2002, finding that there was no proximate cause of the atrophy attributable to carelessness or negligence on the part of VA.
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