The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability related to asbestos exposure or laceration of the chin, and therefore denied both claims. The Veteran's service connection claim for an asbestos-related disease was denied as there is no evidence of such a condition. His claim for a compensable rating for his laceration of the chin was also denied due to lack of characteristics of disfigurement.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran does not have any current symptoms related to his service-connected laceration, and there are no characteristics of disfigurement present. The Board therefore determined that a compensable rating is not warranted for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- asbestos exposure-related disease, laceration of the chin
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2015
- Citation
- 1505114
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