Allergic rhinitis Board decisions

The veteran withdrew her appeals regarding the timeliness of the notice of disagreement to the March 1988 denial of service connection for hemorrhoids and for residuals of an injury to the back of the whole body; entitlement to service connection for an acute situational reaction, claimed as residuals of a rape; service connection for costochondritis, claimed as residuals of a sternum injury; and the evaluation of fibrocystic breast disease. The appeals are dismissed.

The veteran is seeking an increased rating for his service-connected allergic rhinitis with benign positional vertigo and tinnitus, currently rated at 10 percent. The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly assess the current severity of these conditions.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed conditions were not related to service and denied her claims for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for patellofemoral syndrome of the right knee and a compensable evaluation for chronic rhinitis with history of tonsillitis and pharyngitis.

The veteran's TDIU was granted effective from June 12, 1995 due to his service-connected disabilities making him unemployable as of that date.

The Board has dismissed the appeal for a compensable evaluation for service-connected bilateral hearing loss. The veteran's claim of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for sinusitis with allergic rhinitis is denied as there is no evidence that his condition meets or approximates the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 6513. His claim of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease, right foot (fracture repair, second metatarsal) with plantar fasciitis is denied as there is no evidence that his condition meets or approximates the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Codes 5284 and 5003.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a current disability of rhinitis and there is no evidence linking it to his service. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board found that there is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's rhinitis to service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for allergic rhinitis, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.

The Board has determined that the appellant's service-connected allergic/vasomotor rhinitis with nasal polyp warrants a maximum rating of 30 percent, as there is no evidence of chronic osteomyelitis or near constant sinusitis requiring surgical intervention. The appeal for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent is denied.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations and service connection have been granted, with the exception of the claim for hemorrhoids which has not yet been reopened.

The Board has determined that the veteran's allergic rhinitis was incurred in service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied service connection for allergic rhinitis and sinusitis secondary to a service-connected condition. The veteran appealed these decisions.

The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, a gastrointestinal bleed due to or as the consequence of lymphoma, was not caused by any service-connected disability. The preexisting allergic rhinitis and food allergies were determined to have existed prior to service and did not worsen during service.

The Board denied service connection for bloody stools, abdominal pain, skin rash, and nose bleeds as there were no objective indicators of an undiagnosed illness. Service connection was granted for hemorrhoids (incurred in service) and gastritis (also incurred in service).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for allergic rhinitis with headaches and prostatitis, finding that the current ratings of 10 percent were appropriate under both old and new rating criteria.

The veteran was granted service connection for residuals of a fungal infection to the nails of her hands and feet, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. She was also granted service connection for sinusitis/rhinitis, but her claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for headaches remains pending.,The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and sinusitis/rhinitis are both denied.

The veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder, sinusitis and rhinitis, and metatarsalgia are all rated at their maximum levels. The veteran is also found to be unemployable due to his disabilities.

The veteran's claim for PTSD was denied in November 1989, and the evidence received since then is not new and material. The claims for psychiatric disability, headaches, allergic rhinitis, residuals of shell fragment wounds of the left shoulder, leg, and toe, as well as sinusitis are all denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bursitis of both hips, upper respiratory disorder (sinusitis or allergic rhinitis), and gastrointestinal disability. The claim for sinusitis was granted.