The Board denied service connection for residuals of an injury to the jaw and granted service connection for a right clavicle disability, but did not assign any initial evaluation.
The deciding factor: The veteran was not shown to have residual jaw disability due to an injury incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury to the jaw, right clavicle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0416297
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