The Board has granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for the veteran's residuals of dental injury, effective from October 30, 2002 to July 10, 2003. The veteran was previously rated noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The VA found that the veteran's current condition warranted a higher rating based on his ongoing disability and its impact on employment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of dental injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 22, 2005
- Citation
- 0522943
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection of dental injury residuals has been readjudicated due to new evidence submitted within 90 days of the hearing, which suggests a current disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and a need for a VA dental examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's asthma and dental injuries are being remanded for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records from her first period of active duty.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder, an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, a sinus disorder, an eye disorder (color blindness), residuals of right small finger injury, and residuals of dental injury. The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for the service-connected postoperative residuals of reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament was also denied.
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