The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a dental condition, including teeth and gum problems, as there is no evidence of trauma or combat-related injury. The appellant did not have a compensable service-connected dental condition.
The deciding factor: There are no complaints or findings for dental injury or trauma in service, and no evidence of disease or pathology due to service trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- teeth and gum problems, dental carries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0712429
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