The veteran's dental implants and partial dentures are service-connected due to in-service facial trauma.
The deciding factor: The veteran incurred traumatic injury to his face in June 1960, resulting in the loss of several teeth. The VA examiner opined that this in-service trauma contributed to the veteran's tooth loss, leading to the need for dental implants and dentures.
- Claimed conditions
- dental implants, dentures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0904307
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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