The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim of entitlement to a compensable rating for his right testicle disability requires additional development and will be remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to the need for updated medical records, including a VA examination, to properly assess the current severity of the Veteran's right and left testicle disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Testicle Disability, Left Testicle Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2017
- Citation
- 1738072
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's right testicle disability and right inguinal hernia. The Veteran is seeking service connection for these conditions, which are currently considered new and material based on reopened evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected right testicle disability, finding that the condition only manifests as pain in the right testicle without removal of the testicle.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for prostatitis with voiding dysfunction due to insufficient evidence regarding a current diagnosis and its relationship to service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the appellant's urinary incontinence, right testicular disability, left ear hearing loss, cervical spine arthritis, and traumatic brain injury were not incurred or caused by his active service.
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