The Veteran's claim for service connection for damaged, decayed, broken, and chipped teeth is denied as there is no compensable dental disability.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a compensable dental disability due to in-service treatment or trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- damaged teeth, decayed teeth, broken teeth, chipped teeth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20060493
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for a dental disability, specifically chipped teeth, as it requires VHA to adjudicate eligibility under VA regulations.
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