The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a right jaw disability and remanded the claim for a right ear disability, to include hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence did not show an in-service injury or event relating to the Veteran's right jaw. For the right ear, the AOJ failed to adequately develop the claim and must obtain additional medical opinion regarding the etiology of any diagnosed conditions related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear disability, to include right ear hearing loss, right jaw disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055475
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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