The Board has determined that the veteran's periodontal disease is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and therefore grants service connection for this condition on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report and private periodontist statement established that the veteran's diabetic condition had a negative secondary effect on his periodontal condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Periodontal disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0609743
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Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for periodontal disease, which was not considered a disability for VA compensation purposes. The claim for a higher rating for the seizure disorder was remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. section 1151 for PTSD and service connection for periodontal disease are remanded due to a procedural issue regarding the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for an increased rating and service connection claims as withdrawn or moot, denied service connection for polycythemia vera, and remanded claims for erectile dysfunction and hypertension.
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