The Board has determined that the June 1970 rating decision denying service connection for a deviated nasal septum contained clear and unmistakable error, and thus grants an effective date of November 25, 1969 for this condition. The earlier effective date for hyposmia is granted as April 1, 1997.
The deciding factor: The RO's June 1970 decision found the deviated nasal septum to be a congenital or developmental abnormality and denied service connection. However, clear and unmistakable evidence showed that this condition was caused by an inservice injury in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- deviated nasal septum, hyposmia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0125506
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