The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a groin disorder and granted service connection for facial scars and a deviated nasal septum. The decision on left ear hearing loss is pending in the remand section.
The deciding factor: New evidence was received that supports the reopening of the claim and establishes a link between current symptoms and service, including a possible relationship to a deviated nasal septum.
- Claimed conditions
- Groin disorder, Facial scars, Deviated nasal septum
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2016
- Citation
- 1623435
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