The veteran's claim for service connection for a dental injury is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining missing service medical records and possibly a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Service medical records are needed to determine the cause of the veteran's current dental issues.
- Claimed conditions
- dental injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0620155
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's dental injury and lower jaw pain, including lack of a medical opinion on bone loss and TMJ disorder.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental disability has been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The issue is now remanded for further examination.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate these claims.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for dental injury, TMJ, left knee disability, right shoulder disability, loss of grip strength in the right hand (secondary to cervical DDD with IVDS), respiratory disability (asthma), and allergic rhinitis are being remanded due to new evidence received since the final denial.
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