The Veteran's nasal fracture residuals are rated at a combined 10 percent prior to August 29, 2012 and from that date at a combined 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran’s nasal fracture residuals warrant staged ratings based on percentage of obstruction of the nasal passages and other obvious disfigurement.
- Claimed conditions
- Nasal fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19113513
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,699 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's TMD is related to her in-service nasal fracture, and thus service connection for TMD is granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings to ensure that all necessary development is completed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for allergic rhinitis with deviated septum and nasal bone fracture was denied. A separate disability rating of 0 (zero) percent, but no higher, for chronic maxillary and frontal sinusitis from August 16, 2021, was granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three issues: 1) the rating for nasal fracture, 2) the rating for vitiligo, and 3) the rating for heat stroke with exertional rhabdomyolysis. The Veteran is also requested to undergo a new VA examination in order to determine the current severity of his service-connected conditions.
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