Inability to access preventive professional dental care
Dental caries - Inability to access preventive professional dental care Factor
Last reviewed for CCPS 28 May 2008.
Investigative Documents
Claimant Report - Inability to Access Preventive Professional Dental Care [CR9302]
Preliminary questions [39587]
there is some evidence that an inability to access preventive professional dental care may be a factor in the development of the condition under consideration.39610 the veteran was unable to access preventive professional dental care, including regular cleaning and application of fluoride, at least every fifteen months, within the five years before the clinical onset of dental caries.
39611 — the veteran has established the causal connection between an inability to access preventive professional dental care and VEA service for the clinical onset of dental caries.
39612 — the veteran has established the causal connection between an inability to access preventive professional dental care and operational service for the clinical onset of dental caries.
or
39613 — the veteran has established the causal connection between an inability to access preventive professional dental care and eligible service for the clinical onset of dental caries.
Clinical onset and operational service [39612]
the veteran's inability to access preventive professional dental care, including regular cleaning and application of fluoride, at least every fifteen months, within the five years before the clinical onset of dental caries, was caused by operational service. the veteran's inability to access preventive professional dental care, including regular cleaning and application of fluoride, at least every fifteen months, within the five years before the clinical onset of dental caries, which was caused by operational service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.Clinical onset and eligible service [39613]
the veteran's inability to access preventive professional dental care, including regular cleaning and application of fluoride, at least every fifteen months, within the five years before the clinical onset of dental caries, was caused by eligible service. the veteran's inability to access preventive professional dental care, including regular cleaning and application of fluoride, at least every fifteen months, within the five years before the clinical onset of dental caries, which was caused by eligible service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.
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