The Board granted a 10 percent evaluation for TMJ syndrome effective May 4, 2004.
The deciding factor: Based on the degree of actual functional impairment shown, including tenderness and impaired movement against resistance, the disability picture presented warrants assignment of a 10 percent evaluation for TMJ syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0904656
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 325 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome and migraine headaches as secondary to tinnitus and anxiety due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions and dismissed claims, with some issues remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's disability ratings for migraine, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), epilepsy with recurrent seizures, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), lumbosacral strain, and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome were improperly reduced to noncompensable effective January 1, 2023. The ratings are restored.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all service connection claims for various conditions, including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other health issues, due to the appellant withdrawing her appeal.
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