The Veteran's claims for service connection on secondary basis have been remanded due to insufficient evidence or need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is not sufficient to determine the severity of the conditions and their relationship to the temporomandibular joint syndrome without additional information or examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Injury, Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19102479
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 the issues of entitlement to service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, adjustment disorder, and depression with sleeplessness), and right shoulder injury due to incomplete medical evidence and need for further development.
- Denied
The Veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for his right shoulder injury was denied as the evidence did not show limitation of motion at or below shoulder level.
- Denied
The Veteran's right shoulder disability, with limitation of motion prior to September 29, 2015, does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity sciatica associated with the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine strain, but remanded claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep apnea.
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