The Board has determined that the veteran's claims of service connection for a jaw disability, scar on the right side of the chin with neuropathy, loss of teeth, and loss of feeling inside the mouth are not supported by evidence showing these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking any of the veteran's claimed disabilities to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- jaw disability, scar on the right side of the chin with neuropathy, loss of teeth, loss of feeling inside the mouth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0821908
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