The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining medical records and scheduling examinations to assess the severity of his right wrist disability and any dental disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further development is necessary in order to ensure all relevant evidence has been considered and to provide a complete record upon which to make a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- arthralgia of the temporomandibular joint, fracture of the right navicular with degenerative joint disease of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1809521
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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 Board has remanded two issues: service connection for a dental condition, to include as secondary to arthralgia of the temporomandibular joint; and evaluation in excess of 10 percent prior to December 2, 2020, and in excess of 70 percent thereafter for the right wrist disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded two issues: one regarding the service connection for a dental condition that may be related to arthralgia of the temporomandibular joint, and another regarding an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for the right wrist disability. The claims are being returned for further development.
- 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.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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