The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected traumatic nasal obstruction and temporomandibular disorder do not warrant ratings in excess of their current assigned ratings.
The deciding factor: Both disabilities are rated under the appropriate diagnostic codes based on their severity, with no evidence presented to suggest a need for higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Nasal Obstruction, Temporomandibular Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1520870
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted an effective date of July 28, 1997 for the service connection of temporomandibular disorder. The case is remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected residuals of a fractured jaw.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an initial rating for depression prior to July 10, 2018, residuals of a TBI, eye disorder (spots in eyes), and temporomandibular disorder. The Veteran is not shown to have a hearing loss disability for VA purposes, and the issues related to his psychiatric conditions and injuries are also remanded.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claims of service connection for various disabilities, including right hand disability, left hand disability, small left finger disability, right hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, lung disability, kidney disability, prostate disability, diabetes mellitus, and chronic fatigue syndrome have been dismissed. The claim for service connection for temporomandibular disorder has also been dismissed.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied. The Board granted a TDIU based on the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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