The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and a need for a VA dental examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because there are missing inpatient treatment records from 1982, which may contain information relevant to the Veteran's claim. Additionally, a VA dental examination is needed to assess the nature of her claimed injury residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of dental injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2017
- Citation
- 1707519
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection of dental injury residuals has been readjudicated due to new evidence submitted within 90 days of the hearing, which suggests a current disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's asthma and dental injuries are being remanded for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records from her first period of active duty.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder, an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, a sinus disorder, an eye disorder (color blindness), residuals of right small finger injury, and residuals of dental injury. The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for the service-connected postoperative residuals of reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament was also denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for the veteran's residuals of dental injury, effective from October 30, 2002 to July 10, 2003. The veteran was previously rated noncompensable.
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