The appeal for a rating greater than 10 percent and an earlier effective date for residuals of a mandible fracture was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 AOJ rating decision was deemed a purely ministerial implementation of the Board's July 2023 decision, which cannot be regarded as a decision affecting the provision of benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 511(a).
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a mandible fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25023179
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's mandible fracture residuals are currently rated as noncompensable. The Board has found that the Veteran’s symptoms have worsened and a remand is necessary to obtain an updated evaluation of his jaw disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation for the period on appeal, and the Board has granted TDIU.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and residuals of a mandible fracture, finding that there is sufficient evidence to establish a link between these conditions and his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a jaw disability, to include residuals of a mandible fracture, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or current disability. The Board noted that the Veteran did not experience any current jaw disability and that his available service records showed he did not have a mandible fracture during active service.
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