The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected nasal fracture, finding that the symptoms were commensurate with the current 10 percent rating assigned under Diagnostic Code 6502.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's symptoms of a slight decrease in air passage through the left side and a marked decrease on the right side were consistent with the 10 percent rating assigned for traumatic deviation of the nasal septum.
- Claimed conditions
- nasal fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0308919
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 425 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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