The Board granted service connection for a tooth condition as secondary to GERD, finding that the Veteran's teeth condition is due to his service-connected GERD.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a positive nexus between the Veteran's service-connected GERD and his diagnosed teeth condition, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- teeth condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25038883
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 948 · Granted: 52% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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