The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including dental disability and several musculoskeletal, respiratory, and neurological conditions. The appeals are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the Veteran incurred a dental disability due to in-service trauma or disease other than periodontal disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Bleeding gums, Tooth loss and infection
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22047414
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have hypertension, headaches, or bleeding gums as a result of service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, coronary artery disease, tremor of the left arm, bleeding gums, and Barrett's syndrome, all secondary to herbicide exposure. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to his military service or to herbicide exposure.
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