The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected residuals of a fractured mandible warrant a 20 percent rating throughout the appeal period, based on inter-incisal range of motion from 21 to 30mm.
The deciding factor: The September 2016 VA examination report indicated an inter-incisal range of 35mm, which corresponds to a 20 percent rating under DC 9905.
- Claimed conditions
- Fractured mandible
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2017
- Citation
- 1709092
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- Denied
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