The Veteran's broken fillings, periodontal infections, receding gums, and need for several crowns are considered service-connected as secondary to his service-connected lymphoepithelial tumor of the left tongue.
The deciding factor: The dental conditions were found to be proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's radiation therapy used to treat his service-connected cancer of the tongue.
- Claimed conditions
- broken fillings, periodontal infections, receding gums, need for several crowns
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1023925
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What this means for you
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