Sinusitis decisions — 2021

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including left shoulder condition, low back condition, bilateral knee conditions, bilateral plantar fasciitis, sinusitis, cervical spine degenerative joint disease, erectile dysfunction, right ankle condition, and sleep apnea and associated sleeping disorder. The appeals are not about service connection at all.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder is granted as service-connected. The issues of service connection for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, hypertension, and a heart disease (claimed residual of a heart attack) are remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or financial assistance in purchasing an automobile and adaptive equipment, as his conditions are not severe enough to warrant such benefits.

The Veteran withdrew from appeal the issues of service connection for folliculitis, cervical spine disability, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, bronchitis, and sinusitis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sinusitis, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic sinusitis disability during or since service.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected skin rash and sinus condition are being remanded due to the inadequacy of recent VA examination reports.

The Board has dismissed all appeals for service connection due to the Veteran's withdrawal of her requests.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings and service connection claims due to a withdrawal of appeal by his authorized representative.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's respiratory disability, including his claimed asthma and other respiratory conditions. The case will be returned for further development.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions regarding the nature, etiology, and severity of his claimed conditions. The issues include right hip arthritis, glaucoma, gout, hearing loss, knee disability, and sleep disability.

Your appeal for an increased rating for sinusitis and a reduction of your disability rating for back disorder has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to any decision being made.

The Veteran's service-connected chronic rhino-sinusitis, status post septoplasty, is rated at 30 percent effective June 27, 2007. The Board denied entitlement to a TDIU prior to July 5, 2017 due to the presence of other service-connected disabilities and advancing age.

The Board has granted service connection for the aggravation of bilateral hearing loss and denied a higher initial rating for sinusitis.

The Veteran's appeals for an increased rating for allergic rhinitis and a TDIU were dismissed as the December 2014 rating decision implementing the Board's November 2014 decision is final.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment from July 30, 2008, to December 4, 2014. The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether his service-connected conditions alone preclude him from obtaining and maintaining such employment.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his right heel plantar wart is denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for an upper respiratory disorder (claimed as sinusitis) is remanded and requires additional development.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder began in service and continues to persist. The Board has granted service connection for this condition. Other skin, diabetes, eye, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, bone loss, tinnitus, kidney, gallbladder, appendix tumor, rectal bleeding, headache, right leg nerve damage, left leg disability, sinusitis, and multi-site arthritis disabilities are remanded for further development.

The Board has granted effective dates of April 22, 2019 for the increased ratings of left maxillary sinusitis (30%), patellofemoral syndrome, left knee with compartment arthritis (10%), and right knee patellofemoral syndrome with compartment arthritis (10%).

The Veteran's claim for service connection to PFB, sinusitis, chronic headache disability, left arm disability, fibromyalgia, and gastrointestinal disability (IBS) is granted. The claims for service connection for a left ankle disability other than psoriatic arthritis, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and tinnitus are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an upper respiratory disability, including sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current disabilities and his military service.