The Board has granted service connection for the loss of upper teeth as secondary to the service-connected loss of tooth number 8, but denied service connection for the loss of lower teeth.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner stated that it was not reasonable or possible to state with certainty how much affect the bridges had on the support teeth and how much oral care and other activities may have affected his teeth. However, he clarified that if any consideration would be granted in the veteran's favor, he would not consider the lower teeth to have been affected in the same manner as the upper.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of upper teeth, loss of lower teeth
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0021776
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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