The Veteran's case is being remanded due to the need for additional development, specifically obtaining consent forms related to his April 2008 penis procedure.
The deciding factor: Consent forms associated with the Veteran's surgery are needed to determine if he provided informed consent and whether any updated treatment records change the previous opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- penis deformity, loss of erectile function
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23046312
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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 Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for erectile dysfunction and prostate cancer, and an earlier effective date for the increased rating of erectile dysfunction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for kidney disability, prostate condition, meningioma of the brain (claimed as brain cancer, brain infection, brain damage), anemia, right foot disability, left foot disability, skull deformity, erectile dysfunction, and penis deformity due to Agent Orange exposure and/or Camp Lejeune contaminated water.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the issue of service connection for erectile dysfunction due to in-service exposure to herbicide agents or as secondary to a service-connected disability, including diabetes mellitus type II. The Veteran's claims are not supported by adequate medical opinions and further examination is required.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's hypertension was granted service connection. The cases of rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, cervical spine disorder, penis deformity and loss of erectile power, and benign prostatic hypertrophy are all remanded for further development.
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