The Board found that the veteran's current deviated nasal septum is not related to his active service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish an in-service nasal injury or a nexus between the current condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of nasal injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0843777
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for residuals of a nasal injury, finding that no new and material evidence was submitted within one year of the final rating decisions from 1992 and 2008.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to allow for further development, including an examination of the veteran's current nasal condition and its relation to his in-service injury.
- Denied
The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected nasal injury was denied as the current 10 percent disability rating is the maximum allowed under the applicable rating criteria.
- Granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for the residuals of nasal injury, claimed as a dislocated nose. The Board finds that the deflected nasal septum likely originated during service in an August 1955 bus accident.
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