Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a dental condition due to surgery in service and remanded the claims for service connection for right and left hip conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's missing teeth resulted from loss of maxilla or mandible, nor was there any indication that the missing teeth cannot be replaced by dentures or other prosthesis. For the hip conditions, a VA examination was needed to determine if they were incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- dental condition due to surgery in service, right hip condition, left hip condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25092031
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