The Veteran's claims for service connection for septal deviation and disfigurement of the face were reopened based on new evidence, resulting in a grant of service connection effective from December 14, 2006.
The deciding factor: New medical records provided by the Veteran formed the basis for reopening his previously denied service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- septal deviation, disfigurement of the face
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1240171
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The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and initial compensable ratings for various conditions, as well as dismissed a claim for service connection for septal deviation.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than June 21, 2018 for service connection for chronic maxillary, frontal, ethmoid, and sphenoid sinusitis and non-allergic rhinitis and bilateral turbinate hypertrophy, as well as her requests for initial ratings higher than 30 percent for non-allergic rhinitis and bilateral turbinate hypertrophy and higher than 50 percent for chronic maxillary, frontal, ethmoid, and sphenoid sinusitis. The Board also denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for septal deviation.
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