The Veteran's claim for service connection for a disability of the nose is reopened and remanded due to new evidence. The left shoulder disability rating is also remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to establish service connection, reopening the claim. The left shoulder disability rating must be reconsidered as well.
- Claimed conditions
- deviated septum
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105659
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a deviated septum and denied compensable ratings for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, hypothyroidism, and hypertension.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a deviated septum and right wrist pain, while denying service connection for sleep apnea. The decision also addressed various rating issues and effective dates.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, a deviated septum, and GERD as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder. The claim for hypothyroidism was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial rating higher than 10 percent for deviated septum, as he is already receiving the maximum rating provided under Diagnostic Code 6502.
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