The veteran's claims for numbness of the right upper mouth area and postoperative scar, residual of a fracture of the right eye orbital socket were denied as there is no current medical diagnosis.,Service connection was not granted for trigeminal neuralgia status post right eye orbital socket fracture due to incomplete paralysis that does not meet criteria for higher ratings.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service records do not show any evidence of numbness or a scar in the area. The current medical evidence only shows subjective complaints and no objective findings.,There is no evidence of severe or complete paralysis, which would warrant a higher rating for trigeminal neuralgia.
- Claimed conditions
- Numbness of the right upper mouth area, Postoperative scar, residual of a fracture of the right eye orbital socket, Trigeminal neuralgia status post right eye orbital socket fracture, Conjunctival pigmentation with foreign body sensation, status post right eye orbital socket fracture
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2008
- Citation
- 0837439
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