The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a facial disorder, finding that there was no current diagnosis of an underlying disability and insufficient evidence linking his complaints to his period of active duty.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not provide sufficient medical evidence to establish a current disability or link it to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- facial pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1100340
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his service-connected right zygomatic fracture led to the development of clinical depression, which contributed substantially and materially to his death by asphyxiation.
- Denied
The Veteran's facial pain is attributed to her service-connected fibromyalgia and not to trigeminal neuralgia of the jaw. Therefore, the claim for service connection for facial pain, including trigeminal neuralgia of the jaw, is denied.
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