The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental disability for treatment purposes, as there was no evidence of a compensable dental condition or eligibility under any of the available classes.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not meet the requirements for eligibility for outpatient treatment based on any of the available classes due to lack of a compensable service-connected dental disability and other specific criteria not met.
- Claimed conditions
- dental caries, cracked tooth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25045217
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 749 · Granted: 28% (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
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for dental trauma to lower rear molars left and right side of mouth for compensation purposes, finding no evidence of a compensable disability due to loss of substance of body of maxilla or mandible.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a dental/oral condition, including cracked tooth, nerve damage, and root canal, as there was no evidence of a current disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for dental disability, claiming it as a tooth condition, for compensation purposes due to lack of evidence showing a current dental disability that could be compensated.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental disorder for compensation purposes is denied as there is no evidence of impairment of the mandible, loss of a portion of the ramus, or loss of a portion of the maxilla. The Board finds that service connection is not warranted.
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