The Board has remanded the case due to the complexity of the disability and the need for an advisory medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s claimed conditions in service, specifically whether the current disability existed prior to service, was it aggravated by service, and is the current disability related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there were insufficient premises relied upon by previous VA medical examinations and inadequate for rating purposes. The complexity and confusing information within the service treatment records necessitated an advisory opinion from an independent medical expert.
- Claimed conditions
- right testicle condition, hernia operation, painful right testicle injury, atrophic right testis, right scrotal pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2021
- Citation
- 21005746
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of the May 15, 2023 rating decision for service connection for a right testicle condition was dismissed because he did not identify a valid rating decision in his appeal.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis and remanded the claim for a condition of the right testicle.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hernia repair and right testicle condition, finding that there was no increase in severity of the pre-existing undescended right testicle condition during service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for hemorrhoids has been denied as there is no evidence of a current disability and the Board finds that any pre-existing condition did not worsen during service.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right testicle condition, claimed as residuals from an orchiectomy in service, is remanded to determine if it was aggravated by service.
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