The Veteran's claim for service connection of dental conditions for treatment purposes is being remanded due to incomplete development.
The deciding factor: Development has not been conducted into the sole claim pursued by the Veteran - service connection of dental conditions for treatment purposes only.
- Claimed conditions
- dental conditions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19127606
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Decisions by this judge: 1,886 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection on all issues has been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeals.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all issues of service connection due to the appellant's withdrawal request prior to the promulgation of a decision.
- Partly granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for migraine headaches. The Veteran's hearing loss and fracture laceration left ring finger disabilities are also remanded for further evaluation.
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