The Board has determined that the veteran's tooth loss in 1948 was not due to VA treatment, and any subsequent dental disability is not related to service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of increased or additional disability as a result of the extraction of the veteran's teeth above and beyond the actual loss of the teeth.
- Claimed conditions
- dental disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0327812
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