The Board finds that the Veteran is entitled to service connection for a dental disability for treatment purposes due to in-service trauma, but not for compensation purposes. The Veteran's claim for a dental injury is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports an in-service dental injury and the need for VA outpatient dental treatment, but does not establish a current disability warranting compensation.
- Claimed conditions
- dental injury, dental disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2018
- Citation
- 1800094
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