The Board has determined that the Veteran's current orchialgia is related to an injury he sustained during his ACDUTRA with the Air National Guard in April 1986, and service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the orchialgia was caused by or a result of the in-service injury documented in the Veteran's STRs.
- Claimed conditions
- orchialgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18156385
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What this means for you
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a testicular disability, to include a right testicular varicocele and orchialgia, due to missing service records and the need for a VA examination.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for voiding dysfunction, orchialgia, and erectile dysfunction.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the propriety of severing service connection for orchialgia and denied service connection for tinnitus. The Veteran's orchialgia was found to be secondary to his vasectomy, which is not eligible for service connection due to being elective. For tinnitus, the Board concluded there was no evidence linking it to service exposure.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's genitourinary disability. The issue of entitlement to service connection for ED remains denied.
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