The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient examination and treatment records, requiring further development including obtaining additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to provide a clear opinion on whether the Veteran's left scrotum disability is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left scrotum disability, epidydimal cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21002227
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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 Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as there is no current disability meeting VA compensation criteria.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for an epidydimal cyst is remanded due to the need for a medical opinion regarding whether his reported erectile problems are related to the service-connected condition.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disability is remanded as there is no VA Gulf War examination provided, and it is unclear if cardiovascular signs represent undiagnosed illness or chronic multi-symptom illness.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and sleep disorder is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination considering in-service stressors and neuropsychological/sleep symptoms as potential undiagnosed illnesses or chronic multi-symptom illnesses.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for neck disability and nerve disability (left side of neck down to left hand fingers) are remanded due to the need for a VA Gulf War examination considering Southwest Asia exposure risks.,reasoning_summary
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current disabilities of chronic prostatitis or a left scrotum disability, and thus service connection for these conditions is denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's left scrotum surgeries did not meet the criteria for a temporary total evaluation as they did not require hospitalization or convalescence, and his pain was managed with medication and supportive underwear.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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