The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic back disorder and temporomandibular joint syndrome, finding that new evidence supports these claims. However, the decision does not specify whether service connection is granted or denied.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since previous decisions supports reopening of the veteran's claims but does not definitively establish service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic back disorder, temporomandibular joint syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0126821
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's headaches were granted a rating of 50 percent from March 18, 2024. The claims for increased ratings for PTSD, temporomandibular joint syndrome, and neuropathy, deformity, right upper extremity were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and service connection for various conditions, as well as initial ratings higher than noncompensable for dermatitis and hypertension, and a rating higher than 20 percent for lumbar spine strain.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, and a chronic back disorder, both for the purposes of accrued benefits only.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on the loss of use of a creative organ, as these conditions are related to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
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