The Board has granted service connection for a lower right tooth extraction, finding that the Veteran had his healthy tooth removed during military service. However, service connection was denied for a jaw condition due to skeletal discrepancy, as it is not aggravated by the tooth extraction and is considered a congenital defect.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted for the lower right tooth extraction because the Veteran testified credibly about having a tooth extracted in service, and the VA examiner supported this finding. Service connection was denied for the jaw condition due to skeletal discrepancy as it is not aggravated by the tooth extraction and is considered a congenital defect.
- Claimed conditions
- lower right tooth extraction, jaw condition (malocclusion due to skeletal discrepancy)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20065825
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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