The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's residuals of a fracture of the right mandible with paresthesia in the mandibular division of the fifth cranial nerve, effective January 20, 2004.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical records consistently indicated incomplete paralysis of the fifth cranial nerve, which warranted a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8205.
- Claimed conditions
- Fracture of the right mandible, Paresthesia in the mandibular division of the fifth cranial nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0507570
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for fracture of the right mandible.
- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's current pain is not related to his previous mandible fracture, and thus denied compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected residuals of a fracture of the right mandible and lumbosacral strain, finding that the evidence does not support an increase in disability rating beyond the current 20% and 40% ratings respectively.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to November 13, 1997 for a 10% rating for residuals of a fracture of the right mandible as there was no evidence showing an ascertainable increase in disability prior to that date.
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