The Veteran's claims for service connection and a rating increase for his dental issues are being remanded due to the need for updated examinations and additional development of records.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further examination and review of medical records to determine the current severity of the Veteran's dental conditions and their relationship to radiation therapy.
- Claimed conditions
- injury to tooth #20, loss of lower teeth
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20064901
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's xerostomia is granted as secondary to his service-connected throat cancer. The issues of an initial compensable rating for dental problems and the loss of lower teeth are remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development and readjudication due to new evidence being added to his case file. The issues include seeking an initial compensable rating under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for dental problems, tooth #20, and service connection for injury to the jaw and loss of lower teeth secondary to radiation therapy for service-connected throat cancer.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, finding that there was no evidence showing VA treatment resulted in additional disability and that the proximate cause of any disability was not due to VA fault.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the loss of upper teeth as secondary to the service-connected loss of tooth number 8, but denied service connection for the loss of lower teeth.
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