The veteran's claim for eligibility for VA dental treatment is granted, as there is evidence suggesting he sustained dental trauma in service and his current edentulous state aggravates his service-connected hemorrhoids.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence suggests the veteran suffered dental trauma during service which aggravated a pre-existing condition (hemorrhoids).
- Claimed conditions
- edentulous state, dental trauma
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0025631
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found new and relevant evidence for the previously denied claims of vision, dental trauma, right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, low back condition, pes planus and plantar fasciitis, right knee condition, left knee condition, and bilateral hearing loss. These claims are being remanded to the AOJ for further adjudication.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including dental trauma, chronic respiratory failure, headaches, allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, low back disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, hemorrhoids, epigastric pain, thyroid disability, monoclonal paraproteinemia, and hip disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of service connection for dental trauma to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for MRSA and dental trauma were dismissed because the Veteran did not respond to a Board letter seeking clarification within 60 days.
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