The Veteran's trigeminal neuralgia and speech impediment were not incurred or aggravated during service, and there is no evidence of a nexus to service. The Board finds that the claims for these conditions are denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the current diagnoses of trigeminal neuralgia and speech impediment to service or any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- Trigeminal Neuralgia, Speech Impediment
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2014
- Citation
- 1433817
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's trigeminal neuralgia and a separate rating of 10 percent for his olfactory neuralgia, both based on their severity.
- Granted
The Veteran's trigeminal neuralgia is rated at a 10 percent disability rating, effective from August 1, 2023.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for trigeminal neuralgia, finding that it did not meet the criteria to establish service connection and was not a MUCMI.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a question regarding whether the Veteran's speech impediment is related to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss or another separate condition. The decision also mentions that referral to the Director of Compensation Service may be warranted if it is determined that the speech impediment is caused by the service-connected hearing loss.
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