Service connection is granted for residuals of a nose injury with resulting deformity, status post deviated septum, to include nasal valve collapse, deviated septum, and hypertrophy of nasal turbinates. The appeals for service connection for chronic rhinitis and scar on bridge of nose are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's testimony regarding his in-service injury is credible and probative, supported by photographs showing a visible difference in his nose between enlistment into the Navy (right photograph) and 1973 (left photograph). The private medical opinion supports service connection for a nose injury causing deformity, status post deviated septum, to include nasal valve collapse, deviated septum, and hypertrophy of nasal turbinates.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a nose injury with resulting deformity, status post deviated septum, to include nasal valve collapse, deviated septum, and hypertrophy of nasal turbinates, chronic rhinitis, scar on bridge of nose
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2024
- Citation
- 24005334
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected chronic rhinitis.
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