The Board has determined that the Veteran's TMJ began during active service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA physician provided a nexus opinion linking the Veteran’s TMJ to an in-service injury, which was found to be in relative equipoise with other possible causes.
- Claimed conditions
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19162072
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the February 2000 rating decision that granted a 10 percent initial rating for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ).
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted initial disability ratings of 40 percent for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), 20 percent for right eye cataract, and 10 percent for right eye corneal scar.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been denied due to lack of new and material evidence, and the conditions were not found to be related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) and four front teeth and bridge right lower for compensation purposes due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.
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