The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions and additional evidence needs to be obtained. The Veteran's claims for service connection and under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 are both being reviewed, with a focus on whether his conditions resulted from or were aggravated by VA care.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous medical opinions did not address all relevant evidence and requested additional expert opinions to clarify the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected conditions and any potential fault in VA care.
- Claimed conditions
- hypogonadism, gynecomastia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23007039
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection for hypothyroidism is granted with an effective date of August 17, 1998. Service connection for hypogonadism was denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for hypogonadism with bilateral testicle atrophy is denied as there is no evidence of complete atrophy or removal of the testicles.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted readjudication of the issues of service connection for hypogonadism and gynecomastia due to new evidence received since the last rating decision. The claims of service connection for squamous blepharitis, upper and lower eyelid with dry eye syndrome and pinguecula, left eye, right eye are also remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. His bilateral hearing loss was rated as noncompensable throughout the period on appeal, while his other conditions (hypogonadism, diabetes mellitus, traumatic brain injury, radiculopathies) did not meet the criteria for service connection.
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