The Board granted an earlier effective date of April 1, 2023, for the grant of service connection for temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) and remanded claims for service connection for bipolar disorder, diabetes, and sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's intent to file a claim received on April 1, 2023, which is within one year of the March 2021 denial of the TMJ claim.
- Claimed conditions
- temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ), bipolar disorder, diabetes, to include as secondary to bipolar disorder, sleep apnea, to include as secondary to bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25038350
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Granted
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