The Board has determined that the veteran's carious teeth do not meet the criteria for service connection for VA compensation purposes, as they are considered treatable and may be considered solely for the purpose of determining eligibility for outpatient dental treatment.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding of service connection for dental caries for VA compensation purposes due to the current regulations which limit such consideration to the determination of eligibility for outpatient dental treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- dental caries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0300393
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