The Board has determined that the veteran's dental disorder is not related to service trauma or a service-connected condition, and thus denied his claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection for the veteran's dental disorder, as there was no in-service injury or disease leading to the current condition. The Board found that any relationship between the veteran's dental disorder and his service-connected duodenal ulcer is speculative at best.
- Claimed conditions
- Dental Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0802010
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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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