The Board remands the claim for a tooth disorder as there has not been substantial compliance with prior remand directives.
The deciding factor: There was no readjudication of the claim after the Veteran completed the necessary forms to obtain private dental treatment records, as instructed in the April 2023 remand.
- Claimed conditions
- tooth disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2024
- Citation
- 24000034
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.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims of service connection for disabilities manifested by left knee and lumbar spine pain, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness, were reopened. Service connection for a tooth disorder was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen previously denied claims and that there was no evidence linking any of the claimed disabilities to active service or exposure to ionizing radiation.
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