The Veteran is granted an initial 10 percent disability rating for a deviated septum from January 26, 2011 to March 6, 2019. After that date, the Veteran's condition does not meet the criteria for any compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report indicated that the Veteran did not have at least 50 percent obstruction of the nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction on one side after his surgery in March 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Deviated Septum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19165809
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