The Veteran's claim for service connection for jaw malalignment is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining dental records and scheduling a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required as requested by the previous remand order.
- Claimed conditions
- jaw malalignment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1634506
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal of the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability has been withdrawn. The Board also finds that a VA examination is needed to determine if any current dental or jaw disabilities are related to service, specifically the extraction of tooth number 29 and/or 32.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a dental condition, specifically jaw malalignment, finding that any such condition was not incurred or aggravated by service. The Board noted the Veteran's tooth extractions in service were necessary treatment for periodontal disease and that any subsequent jaw conditions were related to expected changes following these procedures.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a dental condition, specifically jaw malalignment, finding that the Veteran's current condition was not caused by service or a congenital defect.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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