The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's dental injury and lower jaw pain, including lack of a medical opinion on bone loss and TMJ disorder.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence is available to determine if the Veteran's current conditions are related to his in-service injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- dental injury, lower jaw pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23053782
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental disability has been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The issue is now remanded for further examination.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for dental injury, TMJ, left knee disability, right shoulder disability, loss of grip strength in the right hand (secondary to cervical DDD with IVDS), respiratory disability (asthma), and allergic rhinitis are being remanded due to new evidence received since the final denial.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental injury, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his in-service trauma.
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