The Board remands the service connection claim for hypogonadism, including as due to exposure to environmental hazards in the Southwest Asia theatre of operations, due to a failure to provide proper notice of a scheduled VA examination.
The deciding factor: VA failed to fulfill its duties to notify and assist the Veteran in the development of this claim prior to the February 2024 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- hypogonadism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25026274
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 Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, left shoulder bicipital tendon tear, hypogonadism, erectile dysfunction, and left carpal tunnel syndrome. The claims for increased ratings for lumbar spondylosis with facet arthropathy and lumbosacral strain, right hip strain with osteoarthritis, other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, left and right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, right shoulder rotator cuff tear, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome (to include iliotibial band syndrome), and chronic right wrist sprain were denied. The Board also granted an effective date of July 7, 2023 for the award of increased ratings.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for benign micro adenoma of the pituitary and hypogonadism as secondary to it, and remanded several other conditions for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypogonadism, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased disability evaluation for hypogonadism, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent.
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