United States Federal Circuit

The final judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims denying petitioner entitlement to Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient dental treatment and related dental appliances is affirmed as a "service trauma" under the statute is an injury or wound produced by an external physical force during the performance of military duties, and does not include the intended result of proper medical treatment, such as extraction of teeth due to periodontal infection.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2010
• Published 06/07/2010

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• United States Federal Circuit

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