The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's TMJ disability and found that his chronic prostatitis does not warrant a compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran had limited range of motion in his jaw, with inter-incisal motion to 25mm and additional limitation due to pain. The February 1999 VA examiner concluded that the veteran's prostatitis was clinically insignificant.
- Claimed conditions
- Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) disability, Chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0103674
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