The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions and their relationship to his service-connected erectile dysfunction. The Veteran is seeking service connection for a kidney disorder, dysuria, urethritis, Peyronie's disease, benign microscopic hematuria, and urinary tract infections.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the provided medical opinions were insufficient to address all relevant diagnoses from the appeal period and did not provide clear discussion on the question of aggravation for the secondary service connection theory.
- Claimed conditions
- blood in urine, kidney disorder, dysuria, urethritis, Peyronie's disease, benign microscopic hematuria, urinary tract infection
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22010126
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's Peyronie's disease and erectile dysfunction were denied service connection as not related to his service or a service-connected condition, including valvular heart disease and supraventricular arrhythmia.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from maintaining employment in the construction industry, and he was able to work with accommodations such as sedentary work and frequent breaks. The Board denied his claim for a TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for extreme fatigue, difficulty breathing, sepsis, and urinary tract infection due to incomplete records and a need for additional medical opinions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney disorder is dismissed, and the effective date of his service connection is set at March 29, 2018.
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