The Board found that the veteran's current dental conditions, involving treatable carious teeth and replaceable missing teeth, are not compensable disabilities under VA's Rating Schedule and are not due to service trauma or combat service. Therefore, his claim for service connection for a dental condition was denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current dental conditions do not meet the criteria for compensation as they are noncompensable per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- treatable carious teeth, replaceable missing teeth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0306689
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, as well as to consider service connection for various disabilities.
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