The Board found no evidence of trench mouth or other dental conditions related to service, and thus denied the Veteran's claims for service connection. The claim for VA outpatient dental treatment was also denied as there is no evidence of a qualifying in-service trauma.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence linking current dental conditions to service, including trench mouth, and the Veteran did not meet eligibility criteria for VA outpatient dental treatment based on in-service trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- jungle rot of the mouth, gum disease, tooth loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1048523
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