The Board denied the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for dislocation of the TMJ, claiming it as residual of a traumatic brain injury. The evidence received since the April 2008 rating decision did not present new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim for service connection for dislocation of the TMJ, claimed as residual of traumatic brain injury.
- Claimed conditions
- dislocation of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), head injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2014
- Citation
- 1445862
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What this means for you
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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).
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