The Board granted service connection for a dental disability for treatment purposes due to the Veteran's individual unemployability rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran meets Class IV eligibility criteria for outpatient dental treatment under 38 C.F.R. § 17.161(h) as he was granted total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU) effective October 8, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- broken teeth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089846
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