The veteran is seeking service connection for ear and jaw pain (TMJ dysfunction) and anxiety and depression, which he contends are related to his service-connected hearing loss and tinnitus. The case has been remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records from the Social Security Administration.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to determine the etiology of the veteran's psychiatric symptoms and TMJ disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- ear and jaw pain, anxiety and depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0839880
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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: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, and anxiety and depression. The evidence did not meet the criteria for these conditions to be considered disabilities under VA regulations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a respiratory disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected mental disorder, finding that his anxiety and depression significantly worsen his respiratory condition.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, anxiety and depression, bilateral knee pain, and lower back pain as they are already decided in another appeal stream.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for anxiety and depression, cervical spine disability, right upper extremity radiculopathy, left upper extremity radiculopathy, low back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy. Service connection was denied for hypertension.
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