The Board denied the veteran's claims for evaluations in excess of 30 percent for right facial paralysis from September 21, 1993 until February 13, 1994 and in excess of 20 percent on and after February 14, 1994. The service connection claim for an acoustic neuroma of the right ear with right ear hearing loss was also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show complete paralysis of the facial nerve during the periods at issue, only incomplete paralysis which does not warrant a higher evaluation under the applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Facial Paralysis, Acoustic Neuroma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0019333
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