The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings and service connection for a dental disability were denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not have a qualifying current dental disability for which service connection could be granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of any trauma or disease causing loss of substance of the body of the maxilla or mandible resulting in tooth loss, and thus no service connection was warranted for the claimed dental disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chipped tooth #9, root canal
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2017
- Citation
- 1700330
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