The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for residuals of a facial injury, finding no evidence that the scar was related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a relationship between the appellant's facial scarring and his military service, with repeated examinations in 1967 and 1975 noting no scarring.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a facial injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0910955
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