Sinusitis decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection for sinusitis, allergies, and vertigo was dismissed. The appeals for service connection for a psychiatric disability (anxiety), hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for dry eye syndrome, GERD, headache disorder, right hand disorder, left knee disorder, chest pain disorder, and skin disorder, to include dermatitis and/or eczema.

The Veteran is granted a 30 percent disability rating for chronic sinusitis from January 14, 2023.

The Board denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from June 19, 2016 to October 27, 2019.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and a compensable rating for rhinitis, and remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for asthma and bronchitis.

The appeal for increased ratings and service connection claims were dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election under the modernized review system.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for sinusitis as there were no incapacitating or non-incapacitating episodes of sinusitis characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting in the past year.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss, sinusitis, and a left hip disability as there was no current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic sinusitis, with maxillary and frontal sinusitis.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and remanded the issues of entitlement to a higher rating for PTSD, left knee condition, and left knee limitation of extension due to missing evidence.

The Board granted service connection for otitis media secondary to allergic rhinitis and restored the 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis, effective September 23, 2023. The claims for scarring on the eardrums and a higher rating for allergic rhinitis were remanded.

The Board denied various claims for increased ratings and service connection, including for allergic rhinitis, bladder condition, COPD, sinusitis, irritable bowel syndrome, migraine headaches, PTSD with alcohol use disorder, and hypertension.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of increased disability ratings and DEA benefits, but denied earlier effective dates for PTSD and knee instability.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis, finding that the Veteran's sinusitis had its onset during his active service.

The Board granted a rating of 30 percent for chronic sinusitis as of January 2, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for multiple respiratory conditions, including sarcoidosis, bronchial asthma, COPD, chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, emphysema, and tuberculosis pleurisy.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for sinusitis but denied service connection for anxiety disorder and PTSD, and denied an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and chronic tension headaches.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic sinusitis due to the lack of evidence showing current diagnoses at any time proximate to, or during, the claim.

The veteran withdrew the appeals for increased ratings of prostatitis, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral dry eye syndrome, tinnitus, chronic sinusitis, and decreased sex drive. The initial rating assigned for migraines was set at 50 percent.