The veteran's appeal involves multiple issues including a left mandible fracture, root canals to teeth 23 and 24, and service connection for dental trauma. The RO is directed to obtain additional medical records, schedule the veteran for VA examinations, and review his claims file in light of the VCAA.
The deciding factor: The case requires further development due to incomplete documentation and potential new evidence from recent treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- left mandible fracture, root canals to teeth 23 and 24
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0119659
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings and service connection on the issues of left mandible fracture, trigeminal neuralgia, bilateral hearing loss, and trachea disorder.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for residuals of left mandible fracture with TMJ dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not support a higher rating under VA regulations.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a compensable rating for the left mandible disability from June 24, 2015 to January 5, 2020, or any rating in excess of 10 percent thereafter. Service connection was also denied for thyroid and bilateral hearing loss disabilities.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him incapable of securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due exclusively to the service-connected bilateral hearing loss are not met.
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