The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records of in-patient treatment and surgery at the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton. The claims will be reconsidered with these additional records.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service treatment records, including those from the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton, prevent a determination on the merits of the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left inguinal hernia repair, loss of left testicle associated with left inguinal hernia repair, scar due to left inguinal hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2022
- Citation
- 22005005
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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