The Veteran is granted outpatient dental treatment due to his 100 percent combined evaluation for compensation, but service connection for a dental disability related to wisdom teeth extraction during service with ongoing jaw pain is denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found no evidence of malunion of the maxilla or mandible and concluded that the Veteran's anterior open bite was not due to his in-service wisdom tooth extraction. The April 2025 VA examiner opined that the claimed condition was less likely than not incurred in or caused by the claimed in-service injury, event, or illness.
- Claimed conditions
- wisdom teeth extraction during service with ongoing jaw pain, open anterior bite and TMD (temporomandibular disorder) or TMJ (temporomandibular joint) condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25013889
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