The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence to determine if the Veteran's prostate cancer was caused by his service-connected varicocele. The cause of death is also under consideration.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence to decide the claim regarding the connection between the Veteran's testicular pain during service and his prostate cancer diagnosis in 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- Subdural Hematoma, Hepatic Failure, Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2026
- Citation
- A26016559
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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.
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