The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient reasons and bases for the evaluation of the Veteran's service-connected prostatitis disability, specifically regarding whether an extraschedular rating is warranted.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the Board did not adequately compare the Veteran’s symptoms to the schedular rating criteria and thus remanded for a new VA examination and submission to the Director of Compensation and Pension Service to determine if an extraschedular evaluation is necessary.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic prostatitis with recurrent right epididymitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18113376
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for chronic prostatitis with recurrent right epididymitis, effective August 12, 2009, on an extraschedular basis. The Veteran's claim for TDIU is also remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected chronic prostatitis with recurrent right epididymitis is currently rated at 60 percent, the maximum schedular rating for voiding dysfunction. The Board finds that an evaluation in excess of 60 percent is not warranted as there is no evidence of renal dysfunction or other factors indicating an exceptional disability picture.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA genitourinary examination to assess the current severity of his prostatitis with right epididymitis. The AMC should also consider the assignment of an extra-schedular evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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