The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection as his teeth are replaceable and do not meet the criteria for a compensable dental disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the Veteran has a compensable dental disability, specifically because his damaged teeth are replaceable.
- Claimed conditions
- damaged teeth, broken front incisors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19153797
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Decisions by this judge: 105 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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