The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for TMJ disorder and headaches, as well as the claim for an earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits, to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the effects of medications on the severity of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining clear indications from examiners whether any medications used affected the level of severity of the Veteran's TMJ and headache disabilities, as well as to ensure all issues are decided together due to their interrelated nature.
- Claimed conditions
- temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103600
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