The Board granted service connection for bruxism secondary to the Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on medical evidence linking the condition to his PTSD.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence, including opinions from a VA staff psychiatrist and a private treating dentist, supported a direct relationship between the Veteran's bruxism and his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- bruxism
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0909195
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 11, 2013, for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder based on new and material evidence constructively received within one year of the initial denial.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an increased rating for service-connected PTSD with bruxism, to include consideration of a separate rating for headaches, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bruxism as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with MDD, anxious distress, and frequent panic episodes.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bruxism as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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