The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the functionality of the Veteran's right testicle, which is necessary for determining a proper rating.
The deciding factor: The examination provided by the VA medical examiner was not entirely responsive to the Board's remand directives and additional development is required to determine if the Veteran's right testicle has any remaining function in terms of sperm production/fertility.
- Claimed conditions
- left testicle removal, right testicle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21073023
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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 Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left testicle removal and depression secondary to service-connected disabilities due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran is seeking service connection for these conditions, with the latter being linked to his service-connected status post hernia repair scar.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for chronic urethritis and left and right inguinal hernia repair, as there was no evidence of a claim prior to June 3, 2024. The claims for service connection for removal of left testicle, orchitis of right testicle, malignant prostate cancer with residual voiding dysfunction, compensable disability evaluation for chronic urethritis and left and right inguinal hernia repair were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, initial compensable ratings for left testicular cancer status post orchiectomy, left testicle removal, and carcinoma-basal, face right cheek.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the removal of the left testicle, attributing it to a lack of evidence linking the condition to service or any service-connected disability. The Veteran's claim was based on exposure to depleted uranium during his time as a combat engineer.,Service connection was also denied for GERD, with the Board finding no evidence that the condition began in service or was related to any service-connected disability.
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