The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a currently diagnosed TMJ disorder and finds no evidence linking any current TMJ symptoms to service or service-connected conditions. The Veteran's hemorrhoids are also not compensable.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to establish a link between the Veteran's current TMJ symptoms and his military service, including his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea and sinusitis.
- Claimed conditions
- TMJ disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1020073
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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