The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of nose surgery and a separate rating for residual painful scar of left inguinal hernia repair is denied. The effective date for the 10 percent rating for the latter condition is set at April 29, 2013.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an in-service occurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury related to the nose surgery and the scar, and no new and material evidence was received within one year of the June 1998 denial of service connection for a nervous condition.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of nose surgery, residual painful scar of left inguinal hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20020922
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