The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed jaw injury residuals are not service-connected, as there is no evidence of a current disability and no medical opinion linking it to his military service or any service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing a current TMJ disorder related to the veteran's military service or any service-connected condition. The Board found that secondary service connection for TMJ due to migraine headaches was not warranted as there was insufficient evidence linking the two conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- jaw injury residuals, temporomandibular joint disease (TMJ)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0612239
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Decisions by this judge: 499 · Granted: 18% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines, finding that her headaches are aggravated by her service-connected TMJ disorder.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matters of entitlement to a rating in excess of 40 percent for mechanical back pain syndrome with degenerative spondylolisthesis and service connection for temporomandibular joint disease (TMJ) to provide the Veteran with notice concerning his right to a hearing.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 31, 2018 for the grant of service connection for temporomandibular joint disease (TMJ).
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with the exception of sinusitis. The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen these previously denied claims.
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