The veteran's dental disability, including crowns and root canals due to caries caused by xerostomia resulting from medication prescribed for a non-service-connected psychiatric disorder, is found to be compensable under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion established that the veteran's dental disability was caused by medications prescribed by VA for treatment of a non-service-connected mental disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- dental disability, xerostomia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0104362
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