The Veteran is granted service connection for a dental condition that requires VA outpatient treatment, as his teeth #7, #8, #9, #10, #14, #18, and #19 were noted in service records to have been treated or are currently requiring treatment.
The deciding factor: Service records document the Veteran's dental conditions and treatments, meeting the criteria for service connection under direct theory of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- dental condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18143971
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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