Allergic rhinitis decisions — 2024

The Veteran's tinnitus claim is granted. The Board finds the Veteran's accounts credible and grants service connection for his tinnitus. Service connection for right elbow, left elbow, right knee, and left knee disabilities are remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. Service connection for rhinitis and neck disability claims are also remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, neck disability, and back disability are being remanded due to the need for VA examinations.

The Board has decided that service connection for sinusitis is denied, and service connection for tinnitus is granted. The claims of service connection for allergic rhinitis and hearing loss are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis has been dismissed due to her withdrawal of the appeal.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for migraines and rhinitis, finding that a new examination is needed to determine if these conditions are secondary to their service-connected sinusitis.

The Veteran withdrew all his claims on appeal, including those for increased ratings and service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient reasoning and lack of a medical opinion regarding the cause of death. The Veteran's cause of death was listed as cardiorespiratory arrest due to liver cancer, COPD, and ethanolism. A medical opinion is needed to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in research efforts regarding the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during service. The Veteran needs to provide more information about his deployments and any participation in a TERA.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis (also claimed as pes planus) has been withdrawn. The claims of service connection for migraines, depression, hearing loss, and allergic rhinitis are remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for allergic rhinitis is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and consideration of his reported daily nasal obstruction issues.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased rating for rhinitis, so the case is dismissed.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for sinusitis and a compensable disability rating for allergic rhinitis due to insufficient evidence regarding the history of sinusitis in-service and its relationship to current symptoms.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis was denied, as the evidence did not show more than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passages or polyps.,A 10 percent rating for anal fissure and associated pruritus ani was granted based on symptoms such as bleeding, pain, flares, and itching.

The Veteran's allergic rhinitis is granted as presumptively due to exposure to fine particulate matter during service in Southwest Asia. Chronic bronchitis and a right shoulder disability are denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for allergic rhinitis was denied in May 2016 and later granted on May 11, 2020. The Board found that an earlier effective date is not warranted.

The Veteran's appeals for higher initial ratings for his service-connected chronic sinusitis and allergic and chronic vasomotor rhinitis are dismissed due to concurrent legacy appeals under the Board's Hearing Docket.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for allergic rhinitis and GERD, as well as service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, were dismissed. The Board also remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection and initial ratings for sciatic radicular pain, chronic sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis have been dismissed as he has withdrawn his appeal.

The Veteran's TDIU is denied as the earliest effective date allowable for the grant of a TDIU is January 28, 2021 due to service connection for PTSD.

The Board dismissed all the issues of entitlement to service connection for various conditions as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.