The Veteran withdrew his appeals for earlier effective date, higher initial ratings for trigeminal neuralgia, and increased ratings for fibromyalgia/myofascial pain syndrome, postoperative residuals, hypermotility of bilateral temporal mandibular joints, and bilateral hearing loss with vertigo.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeals in September 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss with vertigo, right trigeminal neuropathy, left trigeminal neuropathy, fibromyalgia/myofascial pain syndrome, postoperative residuals, hypermotility of bilateral temporal mandibular joints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2016
- Citation
- 1641898
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right trigeminal neuropathy, claimed as numbness in the face, is granted as secondary to his service-connected temporomandibular joint dysfunction. The issues of service connection for headaches and allergic rhinitis are remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's left trigeminal neuropathy is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board has determined that a higher rating is not warranted due to incomplete paralysis of the nerve.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected left trigeminal neuropathy and denied his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence showed that the Veteran had mild to moderate incomplete paralysis of the fifth cranial nerve, but did not meet the criteria for higher ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient examination addressing the Veteran's symptoms of pain radiating to her ear and neck.
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