The Board has granted service connection for the extraction of teeth, for the purposes of treatment only, due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. However, it denied service connection for the same condition for the purposes of compensation.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's tooth decay was caused by exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- tooth decay
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2026
- Citation
- A26006198
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