The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of cold injury to the nose was denied as there is no current diagnosis or evidence linking any current condition to his active duty.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a current disability and the Veteran's reported symptoms are not supported by clinical findings.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to the nose
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2011
- Citation
- 1137345
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