The Board has denied service connection for residuals of a mouth injury and residuals of a facial injury, finding that the veteran does not have a compensable loss of teeth due to dental trauma.
The deciding factor: The veteran's teeth were already replaced by suitable prosthesis (crowns) and there is no evidence of loss of substance of body of the maxilla or mandible.
- Claimed conditions
- facial injury, mouth injury, residuals of dental trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0621147
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
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