The Board remands the claim for a dental disability, including tooth loss and/or disability of the mandible, to ensure an adequate medical examination is provided.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record is inadequate to determine whether a compensable dental disability is present due to the failure to obtain adequate examinations and opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Tooth loss, Disability of the mandible
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091024
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Decisions by this judge: 1,863 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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