The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a jaw fracture, finding that there is no current evidence supporting this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support the presence of current residuals of a jaw fracture in service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a jaw fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0025563
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a jaw fracture, including dental disability, and for angular cheilitis as secondary to the service-connected jaw fracture.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to lack of substantial compliance with prior remand instructions, including failure to obtain VA examinations for the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues including service connection for various conditions and the effective date of a right lower extremity radiculopathy award. The Veteran's claims for peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal cell carcinoma, and a skin disability are also remanded due to potential herbicide exposure in Korea.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and service connection are remanded due to inadequate examinations, missing VA treatment records, and new evidence not being considered.
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