The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise regarding whether the veteran's TMJ condition is related to her service, thus denying service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no medical opinion linking the current TMJ condition to an injury or disease incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Temporomandibular joint disease (TMJ)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0841080
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board finds that the Veteran's TMJ is a result of trauma incurred during wisdom teeth extraction in service, and grants service connection for this condition.
- Granted
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- Denied
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