The Board has determined that the appellant's service-connected gunshot wound to the lower jaw warrants a combined evaluation of 40 percent, which includes separate evaluations for incomplete paralysis of the 5th cranial nerve on both sides.
The deciding factor: The VA examination and testimony supported a finding of moderate incomplete paralysis of the 5th cranial nerve bilaterally, leading to a combined evaluation increase from 30 to 40 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the lower jaw, neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0124605
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