The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for dental trauma, finding that there was no evidence showing a current disability or association with service.
The deciding factor: Service and post-service medical records provided no basis to grant the claim as they did not show a current disability or association between the claimed condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- dental trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0632178
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including dental trauma, chronic respiratory failure, headaches, allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, low back disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, hemorrhoids, epigastric pain, thyroid disability, monoclonal paraproteinemia, and hip disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of service connection for dental trauma to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for MRSA and dental trauma were dismissed because the Veteran did not respond to a Board letter seeking clarification within 60 days.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues for further development, including service connection claims related to hypertension, headache disorder, stomach disorder (GERD), dental trauma, and ichthyosis vulgaris, chloracne. The Veteran's claims are not currently decided.
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