The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's dental condition, including obtaining service treatment records from his period of active duty and private dental records. The Veteran will be scheduled for a VA dental examination to address these issues.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there are outstanding service treatment records and private dental records which need to be obtained in order to properly assess the Veteran's dental condition.
- Claimed conditions
- dental trauma, loss of teeth # 24, 25, and 26
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19191099
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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.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of service connection for dental trauma to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for MRSA and dental trauma were dismissed because the Veteran did not respond to a Board letter seeking clarification within 60 days.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues for further development, including service connection claims related to hypertension, headache disorder, stomach disorder (GERD), dental trauma, and ichthyosis vulgaris, chloracne. The Veteran's claims are not currently decided.
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