The Board has determined that the veteran's current nasal obstruction and nose bleeds are related to his service, including a nose bleed during service. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions provided by a single examiner have medically related current nasal problems to service, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- nasal obstruction, epistaxis (nose bleeds)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0601650
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
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