The Board denied service connection for dental trauma, prostate cancer, and facial scars as there is no evidence of inservice exposure to ionizing radiation, and the conditions are not related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence that the Veteran was exposed to ionizing radiation during his service, and the claimed conditions are not linked to any incident in service or due to such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Dental trauma, Prostate cancer, Facial scars
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0905737
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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