The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate examination and failure to comply with a previous remand directive.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the Board's decision was based on an inadequate VA examination, which did not provide sufficient information about the Veteran's right testicle's functionality.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative epididymectomy of the left testicle, chronic epididymitis, status post orchiectomy of the left testicle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21026516
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic testicular pain and a higher rating for chronic epididymitis due to the AOJ's failure to develop these issues properly. The Veteran is seeking service connection for chronic testicular pain that he attributes to his service-connected chronic epididymitis.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's chronic epididymitis is found to have begun during active service and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for Bell's palsy and chronic epididymitis, as well as his claim of service connection for PDD/anxiety due to untimely filing of the VA Form 10182.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for chronic epididymitis and erectile dysfunction was dismissed as the issues have been fully resolved in favor of the Veteran.
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