The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to right testicular pain following hernia surgery performed by VA in February 2017.
The deciding factor: The current medical opinions are insufficient to address all aspects of the claim, including whether additional disability was caused by VA hernia surgery and if so, whether it was proximately caused or reasonably foreseeable. The Veteran's complaints of right testicular pain immediately following the procedure need to be considered in determining whether the event was reasonably foreseeable.
- Claimed conditions
- Right testicular pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22016371
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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.
- Partly granted
The appeal for a higher rating for migraine headaches with nausea was denied, and the appeal for service connection for residuals of right inguinal hernia was dismissed. Several other claims were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Veteran's right testicular pain and resolved chronic epididymo-orchitis are currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board finds that these conditions do not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Denied
The Board denied payment or reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Osceola Regional Medical Center (ORMC) on June 5, 2014, due to the Veteran's condition not meeting the criteria for an emergency situation and because VA facilities were feasibly available.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right inguinal hernia, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated by his active duty service.
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