The Board dismissed the service connection claims for jaw fracture residuals and dental trauma of multiple unspecified teeth. The claim for a psychiatric disability (to include PTSD and major depressive disorder) is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal for jaw fracture residuals and dental trauma of multiple unspecified teeth during the hearing, leaving only the psychiatric disability claim to be addressed.
- Claimed conditions
- jaw fracture residuals, dental trauma of multiple unspecified teeth, psychiatric disability (to include PTSD and major depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19154515
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to service connection and rating for various conditions, including depression, knee degenerative joint disease, jaw fracture residuals, sleep apnea, migraines, eczema, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right shoulder disability, bilateral ear disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, left ankle disability, and hypertension. The Veteran is asked to provide additional VA clinical documentation for review.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for an effective date of May 28, 2014 for a 20% rating for service-connected low back strain with degenerative disc disease is granted.,The Board has also remanded the issues of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim for residuals, neck injury, and entitlement to service connection for jaw fracture residuals.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for tooth loss, gum disease, jaw fracture residuals, and heart disease have been denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or link to in-service trauma.,Service connection was not granted for the Veteran's claimed conditions because the VA dental examinations found that his missing teeth were due to periodontal disease rather than an in-service injury. The Board also determined that he does not have jaw fracture residuals and heart disease.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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