The Board remands the claim for service connection for a dental/oral condition to obtain missing dental records and provide a new opinion.
The deciding factor: The June 2021 examination report is inadequate due to potential missing dental records, which could impact the accuracy of the opinion provided.
- Claimed conditions
- dental/oral condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25037580
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (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: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a dental/oral condition, including cracked tooth, nerve damage, and root canal, as there was no evidence of a current disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to determine whether new and relevant evidence has been received to readjudicate claims of service connection for various conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of a dental/oral condition to obtain additional evidence and provide a new opinion.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental/oral condition, finding that there is no current diagnosis of record and thus not meeting the criteria for compensation.
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