The Board has granted an effective date of October 17, 2007 for the assignment of a 10 percent disability rating for a scar of the nose. The claim for an earlier effective date prior to June 22, 2007 is denied.
The deciding factor: The earliest possible date in which the appellant could be awarded a compensable disability rating was one year prior to his request for an increased evaluation (June 22, 2006).
- Claimed conditions
- scar of the nose
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2012
- Citation
- 1235708
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