The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient examination addressing the Veteran's symptoms of pain radiating to her ear and neck.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the symptomatology of pain radiating to the Veteran’s ear, neck, and cervical regions as noted in a medical treatment record from October 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- left trigeminal neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18153148
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's left trigeminal neuropathy is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board has determined that a higher rating is not warranted due to incomplete paralysis of the nerve.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected left trigeminal neuropathy and denied his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence showed that the Veteran had mild to moderate incomplete paralysis of the fifth cranial nerve, but did not meet the criteria for higher ratings.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for earlier effective date, higher initial ratings for trigeminal neuralgia, and increased ratings for fibromyalgia/myofascial pain syndrome, postoperative residuals, hypermotility of bilateral temporal mandibular joints, and bilateral hearing loss with vertigo.
- Granted
The Board found that the manifestations of the veteran's left trigeminal neuropathy more nearly approximated moderate incomplete paralysis, warranting a 10% disability rating.
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