The Veteran's service connection claims for TBI residuals, testicular disability, and total disability rating due to individual unemployability are being remanded for additional development.
The deciding factor: The Board finds the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s pituitary dysfunction is related to his confirmed TBI in service or was aggravated by discontinuing testosterone therapy following prostate cancer treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- pituitary dysfunction, testicular disability, TBI residuals (other than pituitary dysfunction or testicular disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18135761
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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: Granted
The Veteran's testicular disability and headaches from October 30, 2020 are granted. The testicular disability is service-connected due to in-service onset during active duty. The headaches receive a 30 percent rating effective from October 30, 2020.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a disability manifested by loss of hair on the arms and legs and for a testicular disability, finding that there was no current diagnosis of these conditions and thus not meeting the cornerstone element of service connection.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a skin disability, to include dermatitis and tinea, and a testicular disability. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea was remanded.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a bladder/bowel control disability and testicular disability as they were already granted. The claim for exposure to burn pits and toxic equipment fires was denied, while other claims were remanded for further consideration.
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