The Board found that the veteran's loss of all natural teeth was not due to service trauma and did not meet the criteria for compensation under 38 C.F.R. § 4.150, thus denying his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that caries were a contributory factor to the veteran's loss of teeth, which is not compensable under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of teeth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0206825
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