The Board found that the loss of tooth #2 is not proximately due to or the result of the service-connected loss of tooth #3.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence does not show a relationship between the service-connected loss of tooth #3 and the loss of tooth #2.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of tooth #2, Loss of tooth #3
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0606421
What this means for you
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