Sinusitis Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's attempts to appeal rating decisions that denied service connection for depression, PTSD, and sinusitis due to untimely filings.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for chronic sinusitis, a higher initial rating for a small lung nodule, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for increased ratings for left shoulder and right shoulder disabilities and for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as there was no evidence to support a higher rating or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for thoracolumbar spine degenerative disc disease to include spondylosis and denied increased ratings for other conditions, while remanding claims for service connection for psychiatric disorder and left hand tremors.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for thoracolumbar spine degenerative disc disease to include spondylosis, but denied increased ratings for patellofemoral pain syndrome of the knees and allergic rhinitis. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, headaches, and psychiatric disorder were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for non-allergic rhinitis on a direct basis prior to August 10, 2022, and for ED as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer. A 30 percent rating was also granted for the cervical spine disability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and chronic fatigue syndrome, granted a 30 percent disability rating for asthma, and denied compensable ratings for chronic headaches, rhinitis, and sinusitis.

The Board denied service connection for a lung condition and sinusitis, but granted an initial 30 percent disability rating for allergic rhinitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sinusitis and rhinitis, as well as an increased rating for degenerative change of the lumbar spine, to obtain outstanding medical records.

The Board granted restoration of the prior 10 percent rating for TBI and a separate, compensable 30 percent rating for service-connected headaches prior to July 29, 2021.

The Board found that new and relevant evidence had not been received to support the veteran's claims for service connection for melanoma, sarcoma, basal cell carcinoma, COPD, and sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis, attributing it to the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.

The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including a 10 percent rating for nasal fracture residuals and bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, dermatosis, lumbosacral disorder, left wrist disorder, left knee disorder, right ankle disorder, PTSD, chronic sinusitis, and IBS. The remaining issues were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for acute right-side maxillary sinusitis and remanded the claims for headaches, a right thumb disability, and a left thumb disability.

The Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic headaches are granted an increased rating of 50 percent, the schedular maximum. The other conditions were denied higher ratings.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, rhinitis, sinusitis, and GERD as they require further development of evidence.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis and a 30 percent rating for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis and remanded claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hand tremors and denied increased ratings for pain of the cervical thoracic region, post traumatic residual pain of the left shoulder, allergic rhinitis, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection.