The Board has reopened the Veteran's service connection claim for a dental disability, including gingivitis and abfraction lesion. The case is remanded to schedule the Veteran for a VA dental examination.
The deciding factor: New evidence suggests a current diagnosis of a dental disability related to in-service trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- gingivitis, abfraction lesion
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19141417
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Decisions by this judge: 1,549 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for gingivitis as there is no evidence of a compensable dental disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for allergies, a back disability, gingivitis, a nerve disability, and a sinus disability has been withdrawn.,Service connection for unspecified depressive disorder is granted. The Board finds that the Veteran's current unspecified depressive disorder is related to her active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims for service connection, including right knee disability, left knee injury, arthritis, chest scar, blurred vision, high blood pressure, and shoulder injuries. The decision does not address dental scars or provide a rating assigned.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding whether the Veteran's dental disorder, including gingivitis and loss of teeth diagnosed in 2020, was incurred or caused by service. The Veteran will need to provide additional medical records and a new opinion from a clinician.
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