The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and an earlier effective date for his service-connected residuals of a compound depressed frontal skull fracture.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran met the criteria for higher disability ratings or entitlement to an earlier effective date based on the facts found.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of Smell, Nasal Fracture with Residual Septal Deformity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0527064
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