The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for further examination and evaluation due to inadequate range of motion assessments in previous examinations.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not include weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing range of motion assessments, which are necessary for a proper assessment of the severity of the Veteran's disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- levoconvex scoliosis, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2024
- Citation
- A24086351
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to February 7, 2023, for the award of a 50 percent rating for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD) because it was not factually ascertainable that the Veteran's TMD disability increased in severity so as to warrant a 50 percent rating within the year prior to receipt of his February 7, 2023, Fully Developed Claim.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for his service-connected temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD) based on the interincisal range of motion and dietary restrictions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to September 3, 2021, for the grant of service connection for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD).
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal to reduce the disability rating for lumbosacral strain and levoconvex scoliosis was dismissed because the proposed reduction had not been implemented at the time of the Veteran's Notice of Disagreement.
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