The Board has decided to remand the cases for further action due to insufficient medical opinions and potential need for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the lack of a fully-informed opinion regarding service connection for a testicle condition, which may be related to herbicide exposure or PTSD. The Veteran's PTSD disability also needs evaluation as it has increased in severity since the last examination.
- Claimed conditions
- testicle condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19181312
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a testicle condition caused by VA surgical treatment in October 1986, as the evidence did not show that the additional disability was proximately caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of the Department in furnishing the surgical treatment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions were denied in previous rating decisions. The Board is remanding the case to determine if the Appellant received the month-of-death benefit and to conduct an accounting of any payment.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's appeals for service connection of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, arthritis of the left shoulder, arthritis of the back, right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, kidney condition, bladder condition, testicle condition, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy. The evidence received since the June 2014 rating decision is not new and material.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development and examination, specifically regarding service connection for a testicle condition and rating of PTSD.
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