The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for a 30 percent rating for facial scars and for service connection of residuals of nasal fractures, finding that no factual ascertainability existed prior to October 31, 2005.,The RO granted service connection for nasal fractures on June 2006 but assigned an effective date of October 31, 2005, based on the veteran's claim for increased rating for facial scars.
The deciding factor: No factual ascertainability existed prior to October 31, 2005, for the conditions at issue.
- Claimed conditions
- Facial Scars, Nasal Fractures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0833322
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