The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's injuries to tooth numbers 8 and 9, finding that these conditions were incurred in service. Service connection was not established for any other teeth.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran engaged in combat with the enemy during his service, which is sufficient to establish eligibility for VA outpatient dental treatment. The record shows that he fractured two upper front teeth (tooth numbers 8 and 9) while taking cover from enemy fire in Vietnam, warranting a temporary crown on tooth number 8. Service connection was granted based on this in-service trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- tooth number 8, tooth number 9
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2011
- Citation
- 1145617
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- Denied
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