The Board has granted service connection for residuals of jaw reconstruction (right inferior alveolar nerve paresthesia) but denied service connection for gastroenteritis and right elbow disability.
The deciding factor: Service medical records did not show a chronic right elbow disability, and the veteran's current symptoms are attributed to his TMJ surgery. The examiner at the November 2001 VA examination noted that there was no current disability with respect to the right elbow.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroenteritis, Residuals of Jaw Reconstruction (Right Inferior Alveolar Nerve Paresthesia), Right Elbow Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0400372
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