The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for right facial trauma was not well grounded. The claim for an increased evaluation of the left mandible fracture was granted with a 10% evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a separate diagnosis of a current right facial disorder, and the VA examinations found no specific diagnosis related to the right side of the face.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of right facial trauma, Fracture of the left mandible
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0019920
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for increased ratings and special monthly compensation as the Veteran withdrew his claims prior to a decision being made.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture of the left mandible are currently rated as 10 percent disabling, and his facial scars resulting from this condition are not compensably disfigured. The Board finds that neither condition warrants an increased rating.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's residuals from a fracture of the left mandible do not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation, as there was no significant loss of motion or masticatory function. The noncompensable rating assigned is appropriate given the current findings.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to October 27, 2000 for a 20 percent evaluation for fracture of the left mandible with temporomandibular joint involvement.
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