Sinusitis decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and rhinitis as the Veteran does not have a diagnosis or recurring symptoms of these conditions.

The appeal for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, hemorrhoids, sinusitis, sclerotic plantar fibroma, and palmoplantar pustulosis is dismissed.

The Board granted an effective date of July 30, 2022 for the award of a 50 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder (psychiatric disorder) but denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for right knee disability, including strain and osteoarthritis, but denied an evaluation in excess of 10 percent disabling for allergic rhinitis.

The Board granted service connection for right shoulder strain and tension headaches, denied service connection for sinusitis, and granted initial ratings of 70 percent, but no higher, for depressive disorder, 40 percent, but no higher, for lumbosacral strain, and 20 percent, but no higher, for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board remands the issue of a compensable disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected allergic rhinitis due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board reinstated a separate rating of 10 percent for the Veteran's perforated nasal septum with chronic epistaxis and granted a separate 10 percent rating for vertigo/lightheadedness associated with it, while denying a higher rating for the perforated nasal septum and a separate rating for difficulty breathing.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sinusitis due to a lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis. The claim for rhinitis was remanded for further medical evaluation.

The Board granted service connection for rhinitis, sinusitis, and obstructive sleep apnea (secondary to now service-connected rhinitis) based on the evidence of record.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, effective August 5, 2021.

The Board denied service connection for TBI, RLE radicular pain, sinusitis, and an increased rating for PTSD. The claims for service connection for DM II, ED, headaches, left thumb disability and scar, right thumb, increased ratings for rhinitis, IBS with GERD, and OSA with bronchitis were remanded.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for chronic sinusitis, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated near constant sinusitis characterized by headaches, pain and tenderness of affected sinus, and purulent discharge after repeated surgeries.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, chronic sinusitis, a psychiatric disability, lumbosacral strain, and chronic fatigue syndrome. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis and dismissed the claim for headaches. The claims for a higher rating for asthma and a sleep disorder, to include sleep apnea, were remanded.

The claims for service connection for shin splints of the left and right legs, sinusitis, thoracic and lumbar spine strain, and cervical spine disability are remanded for further development.

The appeal pertaining to the issue of entitlement to an effective date prior to August 26, 2010, for the award of service connection for allergic rhinitis is dismissed.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for irritable bowel syndrome prior to October 29, 2020, and an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for allergic rhinitis. The decision also remanded several issues related to left knee disability, left knee scars, and sinusitis.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for sinusitis based on the evidence showing three to six non-incapacitating episodes per year of sinusitis characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting.

The Veteran withdrew appeals for service connection of multiple conditions, resulting in the dismissal of all claims.