Sinusitis decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and residuals of a stroke, finding no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's active service. The claims for acne, erectile dysfunction, and sinusitis were remanded for further development.

The Veteran withdrew all pending claims and appeals, effective February 8, 2021.

The Veteran is granted an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance due to his service-connected coronary artery disease causing strokes that have resulted in effective loss of the use of his extremities.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and alcoholism, as well as denied an increased disability evaluation for sinusitis.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for a sinus condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, diabetes mellitus, and tinnitus.

The Board denied a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for allergic rhinitis.

The Board granted the restoration of a 30 percent disability rating for service-connected chronic sinusitis and denied the restoration of a 50 percent disability rating for service-connected migraines, as well as other increased ratings.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for allergic rhinitis from December 2, 2014, to present and denied ratings in excess of 30 percent or any compensable rating prior to that date.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for impetigo and denied all other claims for increased ratings.

The Board denied all claims for increased ratings, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating for any of the conditions.

The Board denied service connection for arthritis, to include of the bilateral knees and hips, but remanded the claim for sinusitis to include rhinitis.

The appeal was dismissed as the May 2023 rating decision was for backfill purposes only and did not constitute an adjudicative decision subject to appellate review.

The appeal of the finding of a duty to assist (DTA) error during higher-level review (HLR) for an acquired psychiatric disorder and the February 26, 2024 VA letter informing the Veteran that he must use the proper Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) form for readjudication of his claim of entitlement to service connection for sinusitis were dismissed. The appeal of service connection for sinusitis and spine-related paresthesia was denied, while claims for other conditions were remanded.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for allergic rhinitis was dismissed as moot, since the Board had already granted the earliest possible effective date in its September 2024 decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sinusitis and a compensable rating for his service-connected rhinitis.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and remanded the claim for service connection for chronic sinusitis.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for service-connected asthma and denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis, while remanding the claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The Board granted service connection for IBS, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, GERD, sleep apnea, and back disability with a 50% rating for headaches. The claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, knee disabilities, shoulder disabilities, wrist disability, and hand disability were remanded.

The Board granted a 100 percent initial rating for asthma due to the daily use of systemic, high-dose corticosteroids since separation from service. The appeal was remanded for further action on other issues.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for chronic sinusitis from July 1, 2021 onward, but denied an initial compensable rating and ratings in excess of 30 percent for the periods prior to that date.