Granted
The Board granted service connection for Bell's palsy, finding it to be related to the Veteran's service-connected painful scar over the left eyebrow.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by Dr. R.P., considering the Veteran's specific medical history and the inflammatory scenario caused by residual scarring from his in-service cyst removal, was found to have great probative weight.
- Claimed conditions
- Bell's palsy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089688
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