The Board denied service connection for residuals of a dental injury and a neck injury, as there was no evidence to support the claims.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence did not show that the Veteran had a current disability related to his claimed conditions during or after active duty, and thus service connection could not be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of dental injury, Residuals of neck injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002890
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 835 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all issues, and the Board dismissed the case.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication, including providing notice of the denial of service connection for residuals of a neck injury. The issues are inextricably intertwined with the claim of peripheral neuropathy.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for neck injury and back disability, but granted a 40% rating for left mandible fracture residuals.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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