The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a left jaw disability and therefore, service connection cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability or any chronic condition related to service in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- left jaw disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0119670
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