The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for facial pain and increased evaluation for TMJ due to insufficient evidence or need for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection for facial pain is denied as there is no separate disability manifesting facial pain other than his already service-connected TMJ and healed condylar fracture at the neck of the right condyle. The increased evaluation for TMJ requires additional evidence to determine if a higher rating can be assigned based on functional loss.
- Claimed conditions
- facial pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22005573
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his service-connected right zygomatic fracture led to the development of clinical depression, which contributed substantially and materially to his death by asphyxiation.
- Denied
The Veteran's facial pain is attributed to her service-connected fibromyalgia and not to trigeminal neuralgia of the jaw. Therefore, the claim for service connection for facial pain, including trigeminal neuralgia of the jaw, is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to insufficient medical opinions and need for additional development.
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