The Board has remanded the case due to errors in previous decisions and needs further clarification on whether the Veteran's right testicle disorder is related to service, if it is a congenital defect or disease, and if so, whether it was aggravated by military service.
The deciding factor: The decision requires an opinion regarding the nature of the Veteran's condition (whether congenital defect or disease) and its relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Testicle Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2020
- Citation
- 20032844
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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 has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction and a right testicle disorder, finding that there is no current diagnosis of these conditions.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for right shoulder, right knee, right hip, left hip, and right testicle disorders due to a lack of evidence showing their onset within one year of discharge or causation during service.,The Veteran's failure to report for scheduled VA examinations prevented the Board from obtaining expert medical opinions on the etiology of his claimed conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's current right testicle disorder is related to his in-service left testicle disorder. The VA will seek an independent medical opinion to address these issues.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's undescended right testicle, which was removed due to cryptorchidism (a congenital defect), did not have a superimposed disease or injury during service. Therefore, service connection for a right testicle disorder is denied.
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