The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a nose injury, finding that there is no current disability and the evidence does not support an in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no current nasal disorder and the Veteran's subjective reports were deemed less credible than objective medical findings.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a nose injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160840
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Decisions by this judge: 1,886 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for a neck disorder, residuals of a nose injury, and a bilateral foot disorder due to new evidence received since the April 1994 rating decision. The claims are granted.
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