The Veteran's claims for evaluations of his service-connected right inguinal herniorrhaphy and status post vasectomy with persistent pain syndrome are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examination is required to properly assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- status post right inguinal herniorrhaphy, status post vasectomy with persistent pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2015
- Citation
- 1542848
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's voiding dysfunction is granted as secondary to his service-connected status post vasectomy with persistent pain syndrome, chronic epididymo-orchitis. His initial evaluation for this condition remains at 10 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to conflicting evidence regarding whether the Veteran's voiding dysfunction is related to his service-connected conditions or his erectile dysfunction. The case will be returned for further development and an addendum opinion.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, thus denying his claim for total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Denied
The Board denied a compensable rating for the veteran's service-connected status post right inguinal herniorrhaphy, asymptomatic. The evidence did not show any complaints or treatment related to this condition since the last VA examination in April 1993.
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