The Board has remanded all but one of the claims for additional development, particularly to determine whether the Veteran served in Vietnam and was exposed to tactical herbicide agents. The dental disability claim is denied as there is no indication or assertion that tactical herbicide agents resulted in a dental disability.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of loss of substance of body of maxilla or mandible due to trauma or osteomyelitis, which would allow for service connection for the dental disability.
- Claimed conditions
- dental disability (clamed as traumatic injury), colon cancer, COPD, heart disability, sleep apnea, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peptic ulcer, hydrocele, right knee disability, left knee disability, type II diabetes mellitus, urothelial carcinoma (claimed as bladder cancer), cervical spine disability, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24041522
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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