The Board has ordered further development for the Veteran's claims of service connection for a Baker’s cyst of the right knee and testicular cancer due to missing VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Further examination is needed as the Veteran missed scheduled VA examinations without providing a valid reason.
- Claimed conditions
- Baker’s cyst of the right knee, testicular cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20005498
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 service connection for testicular cancer, finding no evidence of an in-service disease or injury and no link to herbicide exposure.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for testicular cancer under the PACT Act, presuming it resulted from in-service exposure to burn pits.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an initial compensable rating for hypertension and the appeals for service connection for hypothyroidism, testicular cancer, colon cancer, and basal cell carcinoma were dismissed due to a violation of the prohibition against simultaneous review of the same claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for testicular cancer due to a need for a new opinion regarding the nexus between the Veteran's in-service toxic exposures and his current condition.
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