The Veteran's appeal for service connection for residuals of a dental injury to teeth numbers 8 and 9 is dismissed as the claim has been fully granted in June 1977.
The deciding factor: The RO awarded service connection for teeth numbers 8, 9, 18, and 31 in June 1977, which covered all issues on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a dental injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19144868
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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