The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the service connection claim for dental trauma, claimed as missing teeth and painful dentures.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to a need for VCAA notice and de novo adjudication given that the previous denial was based on not being 'well-grounded'.
- Claimed conditions
- missing teeth, painful dentures
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0816880
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.
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
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