The Board remands the claim for a new examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ).
The deciding factor: The May 1999 and September 2020 VA examinations and medical opinion are inadequate, and the other evidence of record is insufficient to support the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012082
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and denied service connection for allergic rhinitis, headaches, sinusitis, temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ), and various hip and ankle conditions. Effective dates prior to February 11, 2020, were also denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran's claims of service connection for spinal bone spurring and TMJ are pending.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render her unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to March 14, 2017.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date of July 9, 2016, for a 10 percent disability rating for service-connected residuals of bilateral mandible fractures with TMJ and pain. The effective date was set at May 18, 2018.
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