The Board has remanded the case for a new medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is related to his service, including any in-service testicular abscess. The examiner should consider if the condition may be related to PTSD.
The deciding factor: The examiner was unable to provide a non-speculative opinion without additional information or rationale.
- Claimed conditions
- testicle condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2016
- Citation
- 1647099
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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 claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a testicle condition caused by VA surgical treatment in October 1986, as the evidence did not show that the additional disability was proximately caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of the Department in furnishing the surgical treatment.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions were denied in previous rating decisions. The Board is remanding the case to determine if the Appellant received the month-of-death benefit and to conduct an accounting of any payment.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's appeals for service connection of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, arthritis of the left shoulder, arthritis of the back, right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, kidney condition, bladder condition, testicle condition, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy. The evidence received since the June 2014 rating decision is not new and material.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development and examination, specifically regarding service connection for a testicle condition and rating of PTSD.
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