The veteran's service connection for dental trauma resulting in the extraction of tooth number twelve is granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran testified credibly about sustaining dental trauma during active duty, leading to the extraction of one tooth. The Board found this evidence sufficient to grant service connection based on direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of dental trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0033068
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of dental trauma, finding that the evidence did not support a claim for compensation under 38 C.F.R. § 4.150.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to non-compliance with previous instructions, and it will be readjudicated for service connection of residuals of dental trauma.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in adjudication and failure to consider certain evidence, including VA outpatient dental treatment records and a medical opinion. The claim will be reconsidered with additional information.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of dental trauma, to include missing teeth, for outpatient dental treatment is dismissed because the Veteran is already in receipt of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), which authorizes him to receive any needed dental treatment from VA.
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