The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a mouth injury and residuals of head or ear injuries, finding no evidence linking these disabilities to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners provided opinions attributing current disabilities to events subsequent to the veteran's time in service, such as aging and stroke, rather than any in-service injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a mouth injury, residuals of head and ear injuries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628776
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- Denied
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