The Board has determined that the Veteran's TMJ dysfunction is attributable to service and grants the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's TMJ dysfunction was incurred during service, including from an in-service motor vehicle accident.
- Claimed conditions
- TMJ dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1010253
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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.
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