The Board has granted an effective date of July 28, 1997 for the service connection of temporomandibular disorder. The case is remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected residuals of a fractured jaw.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was granted, but the case must be remanded as there are deficiencies in the initial rating decision regarding the evaluation of the Veteran's service-connected temporomandibular disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Temporomandibular Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24055337
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an initial rating for depression prior to July 10, 2018, residuals of a TBI, eye disorder (spots in eyes), and temporomandibular disorder. The Veteran is not shown to have a hearing loss disability for VA purposes, and the issues related to his psychiatric conditions and injuries are also remanded.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims of service connection for various disabilities, including right hand disability, left hand disability, small left finger disability, right hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, lung disability, kidney disability, prostate disability, diabetes mellitus, and chronic fatigue syndrome have been dismissed. The claim for service connection for temporomandibular disorder has also been dismissed.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied. The Board granted a TDIU based on the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected traumatic nasal obstruction and temporomandibular disorder do not warrant ratings in excess of their current assigned ratings.
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