The veteran's appeal of the January 2000 determination regarding whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim for service connection for residuals of dental trauma was dismissed as untimely filed.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not timely file a substantive appeal within one year from the issuance of the statement of the case, which resulted in the dismissal of his appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of dental trauma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0616274
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for treatment purposes due to dental trauma affecting teeth numbered 8, 9 and 10.
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