The Board has found that the Veteran's residuals of a broken nose, diagnosed as a deviated nasal septum, were incurred in service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's deviated nasal septum was caused by an accident during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a broken nose, respiratory disorder (claimed as COPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1018914
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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