The appeal is remanded for additional development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to ensure compliance with the VCAA and applicable case law.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the mandible
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0900363
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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.
What you can do next
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