The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of dental trauma, to include missing teeth, both for compensation purposes and outpatient dental treatment due to his already being in receipt of a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not reflect loss of substance of body of maxilla or mandible caused by trauma or disease such as osteomyelitis.
- Claimed conditions
- missing teeth, dental trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20051935
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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