The Board has determined that the veteran's cervical spine disability is service-connected and granted service connection. The veteran's jaw disability, which was previously service-connected, remains at a noncompensable rating as there is no evidence of moderate displacement or limited range of motion.
The deciding factor: Service medical records do not indicate any neck injury during service; however, VA examinations found that the current cervical spine disability is likely related to an in-service incident. For the jaw disability, the VA examiner found no limitation of motion and satisfactory occlusion.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical Spine (Neck) Disability, Jaw Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0638707
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