The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to a compensable disability rating for right long finger, subluxation PIP joint status post dislocation with residual scar and entitlement to an initial rating greater than 10 percent for temporomandibular joint dysfunction due to new and more recent evidence.,No effective date is provided as the appeal remains in appellate status.
The deciding factor: The Board found that further development, including examinations, was necessary to determine the current severity of the appellant's service-connected right long finger disability and temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction, Right long finger subluxation PIP joint status post dislocation with residual scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19128142
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Decisions by this judge: 1,810 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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: Granted
The Veteran is granted service connection for temporomandibular joint dysfunction and headaches, with the Board finding that these conditions are related to his period of active military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected temporomandibular joint dysfunction is currently rated at 20 percent. The Board has granted a 50 percent rating, the maximum available under Diagnostic Code 9905.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further examinations and consideration of service connection claims due to lack of recent evaluations.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of August 19, 2019, for his TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not show that he was unemployable prior to this date.
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