The Board has determined that the veteran's nose and facial area skin disability, as well as his recurrent chronic maxillary sinusitis, are related to shrapnel wound injuries sustained during service. As a result, the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: Service medical records show multiple shrapnel wounds in service, which have been linked by various physicians to current skin disability and sinusitis.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a shell fragment wound to the nose, chronic right maxillary sinusitis, skin disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0206410
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded the claims for sinus disability, bilateral hip disability, right shoulder disability, hypertension, sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, skin disability, back disability, bilateral neurological disability of the upper extremities, and bilateral neurological disability of the lower extremities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right foot disability, left foot disability, and skin disability to obtain additional medical opinions.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all issues, including service connection claims and a higher rating claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disability, otitis media, and a skin disability as there was no evidence to support that these conditions were related to his military service.
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