The Veteran's jaw disorder, characterized by jaw pain and teeth grinding, is found to have begun during service and is related to service. Service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran experienced a jaw disorder in service and has continued to experience symptoms since then, with no clear intercurrent causes or opposing evidence presented.
- Claimed conditions
- jaw disorder, myofascial pain disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2011
- Citation
- 1144498
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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