The Board has granted service connection for Eagle syndrome, status post left peritonsillar abscess drainage. However, the Veteran's claims for ninth cranial nerve impairment and occipital neuralgia are denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of Ninth Cranial Nerve Impairment or Occipital Neuralgia as related to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Eagle syndrome, ninth nerve impairment, occipital neuralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160765
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Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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