The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including Fournier's gangrene of the scrotum with loss of right testicle, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, anal fistula, Hepatitis B & C, GERD, and bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, due to a need for additional development regarding herbicide agent and ionizing radiation exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board is unable to grant any of the claims at this time and finds that it is necessary to ensure compliance with its prior remand directives pertaining to the claimed herbicide agent and ionizing radiation exposure in service, and to obtain adequate medical opinions as to whether his claimed disabilities were related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Fournier's gangrene of the scrotum with loss of right testicle, Hypertension, Diabetes mellitus, Anal fistula, Hepatitis B & C, with cirrhosis, liver cancer, and hematoma, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25012646
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