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.
The deciding factor: The claims are remanded due to new evidence being added to the case file that has not yet been addressed in a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC).
- Claimed conditions
- injury to the jaw, 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
- May 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21030936
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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.
- 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 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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left hand numbness, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, paranoid schizophrenia, and depressive disorder), and injury to the jaw as they were not incurred or aggravated by service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for an injury to the jaw and an injury to the right eye with residual headache and dizzy spells. The claims are therefore denied.
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