The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a personal hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a personal hearing, which has not been scheduled yet.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of upper and lower teeth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1423247
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current dental disability for which service connection may be granted for compensation purposes. The claim of service connection for loss of upper and lower teeth is denied. For sleep apnea, the Board finds that a remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a service-connected dental disability for which he can be compensated, as his loss of teeth is due to natural progression of periodontal disease and not from trauma or other compensable conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for loss of upper and lower teeth, finding no evidence of dental trauma during service. The veteran does not meet criteria for compensation purposes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for service connection for loss of upper and lower teeth is being remanded due to the need for compliance with VCAA notice and duty-to-assist provisions.
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