The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of Agent Orange exposure and dental trauma, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for residuals of Agent Orange exposure and that there is no current disability related to a dental trauma.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the prior final September 2005 rating decision does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims, nor raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating them.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Agent Orange exposure, Dental trauma (claimed as dental problems involving drilled teeth and broken and falling out teeth)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21061425
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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