The Board denied service connection for the loss of upper teeth for compensation purposes and remanded the matter for further adjudication regarding treatment purposes.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a dental disability for which compensation can be awarded, as the Veteran's dentition could be restored with dentures.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of upper teeth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015684
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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