The Board denied service connection for deteriorating vision, granted service connection and awarded a 20 percent disability rating for TMJ, and awarded noncompensable initial ratings for headaches and allergic rhinitis.
The deciding factor: The veteran's eye disorders were not caused or aggravated by any incident of service. The veteran's TMJ disability has been rated on the basis of limited motion of temporomandibular articulation. The veteran's allergic rhinitis disability has not warranted a compensable rating since the effective date of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- deteriorating vision, TMJ disorder, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0639504
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