The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for various disabilities, including right ankle, shoulder, migraines, and knee conditions. The Veteran's epididymo-orchitis condition is not rated higher than noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a compensable rating for any of the service-connected conditions due to lack of supporting medical documentation or criteria meeting the required diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- epididymo-orchitis, left testicle varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18137284
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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 remands the claim for service connection for epididymo-orchitis to obtain an adequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied a compensable evaluation for the Veteran's left testicle varicocele, finding that there was no evidence of atrophy or removal of both testicles to warrant such an evaluation.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and the criteria for TDIU have not been met.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for epididymo-orchitis and a separate rating for varicoceles were denied. The Veteran was granted a separate 10 percent rating for varicoceles, but the claim for an increased rating for epididymo-orchitis was not granted.
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