The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and unspecified depressive disorder, second to TMJ dysfunction; extraschedular rating for TMJ dysfunction; and TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to October 24, 2018.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary due to missing records and the need for a VA examination to determine if any diagnosed psychiatric disorder is related to the Veteran's service-connected TMJ dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2025
- Citation
- 25004825
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
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