The Veteran's left mandible fracture residuals are remanded for a new VA examination to determine the severity of the condition and assign an appropriate rating.
The deciding factor: The current VA examination did not provide necessary range of motion measurements, which is required for evaluating this service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left mandible fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19125459
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,350 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19125459.
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: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings and service connection on the issues of left mandible fracture, trigeminal neuralgia, bilateral hearing loss, and trachea disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for residuals of left mandible fracture with TMJ dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not support a higher rating under VA regulations.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a compensable rating for the left mandible disability from June 24, 2015 to January 5, 2020, or any rating in excess of 10 percent thereafter. Service connection was also denied for thyroid and bilateral hearing loss disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him incapable of securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due exclusively to the service-connected bilateral hearing loss are not met.
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