The Veteran's service-connected nasal fracture disability is not rated higher than noncompensable as it does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 6502.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence does not support a finding of at least 50% obstruction of the nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction on one side due to the Veteran's traumatic septal deviation.
- Claimed conditions
- Nasal Fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20078055
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