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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1809521
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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