The Board has determined that the Veteran's facial numbness, tingling, and hypersensitivity are service-connected due to his in-service shrapnel injury. The claim is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a current disability (facial sensory disturbances) associated with an in-service injury (shrapnel), meeting the criteria for service connection under direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- facial numbness, tingling, hypersensitivity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2018
- Citation
- 1811274
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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