A 100 percent rating for coronary artery disease (CAD) status-post percutaneous intervention since December 1, 2014 is granted. The Veteran's dental and jaw injury claims are remanded due to incomplete records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not provided sufficient evidence to reopen his previously denied service connection claims for a dental disorder and residuals of a jaw injury.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic congestive heart failure, loss of upper teeth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19176300
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for the loss of upper teeth for compensation purposes and remanded the matter for further adjudication regarding treatment purposes.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a supplemental medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer and chronic congestive heart failure contributed to his death.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of service connection for a heart disability was denied as he did not file a formal or informal claim prior to May 28, 2015.
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