Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for functional impairment due to bruxism, as secondary to service-connected general anxiety disorder, effective November 21, 2020.
The deciding factor: A 10 percent rating is warranted for interincisal (vertical) opening between 30 and 34 millimeters without physician-verified dietary restrictions to mechanically altered foods as documented on the July 2021 VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- functional impairment due to bruxism
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25110027
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