The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a jaw fracture, finding no evidence of current disability related to any presumed jaw fracture and noting that there is no documentation of such an injury in his service records.
The deciding factor: There was no documented fracture of the jaw during service, and recent VA examinations did not reveal any current disability attributable to any in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a jaw fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0125457
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- 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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