The Board remands the claim for service connection for a dental disability, to include as secondary to PTSD with bruxism, for a VA dental examination.
The deciding factor: VA must provide a medical examination if the evidence indicates the existence of a current disability or persistent or recurrent symptoms of a disability that may be associated with an event, injury, or disease in service, and the record does not contain sufficient medical evidence to decide the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- dental disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25048619
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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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