The Board found that the veteran's private dental treatments were not reimbursable due to lack of prior authorization and because VA medical facilities were feasible available.
The deciding factor: VA did not provide prior authorization for the non-VA dental treatment, which was required by regulation.
- Claimed conditions
- dental disabilities, temporomandibular disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0801582
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher disability evaluation for his jaw disorder is being remanded due to the need for a new examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected condition.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all claims of service connection for various conditions due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental disability is denied as there is no persuasive evidence of any current disabilities such as chronic osteomyelitis or osteoradionecrosis, loss of whole or part of the mandible, nonunion or malunion of the mandible, temporomandibular disorder, loss of whole or part of the ramus, loss of whole or part of the maxilla, nonunion or malunion of the maxilla, loss of the condyloid or coronoid process, or loss of any part of the hard palate.
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