The Board found that the veteran's gum disease is not related to service or his service-connected aortic stenosis, and thus denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions indicated that the veteran's gum disease was not related to service or his service-connected aortic stenosis.
- Claimed conditions
- gum disease, aortic stenosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0808548
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