The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for upper lip scar, sinus disability, residuals of a head injury, and PTSD due to personal trauma as there is no persuasive evidence that these conditions are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no credible indication of any in-service event, injury, or disease for the claimed disorders (upper lip scar, sinusitis, head injury residuals, and PTSD).
- Claimed conditions
- upper lip scar, sinus disability, residuals of a head injury, acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2022
- Citation
- 22052294
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