Your appeals for service connection and initial ratings have been dismissed as you opted into the modernized process of the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA).
The deciding factor: The Veteran timely opted into the AMA, thus the Board cannot adjudicate the merits of his withdrawn Legacy appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- testicle pain, right-sided pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22057138
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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 determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability of bilateral hearing loss for VA purposes and therefore, service connection is denied.,The Veteran's testicle pain may be related to his in-service diagnosis of epididymitis. A remand is necessary to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing this issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. � 1151 for additional disability manifested by abdominal, groin, and testicle pain as a result of surgeries performed at VA Medical Centers in June 1992, April 1996, and May 2007. The Board has remanded the case to determine if the Veteran's current condition is due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar instance of fault on part of VA.
- Denied
The Veteran's hernia, resulting from surgeries at VA medical centers in 1992 and 2007, was not caused by carelessness, negligence, or lack of proper skill on the part of VA. The Board finds that the additional disability is not compensable under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office for further development and consideration. The Veteran's claim is related to surgeries performed at VA medical centers in 1992 and 2007, which resulted in a chronic disability manifested by pain, including testicle pain.
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