Sinusitis Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for a right elbow disability and an increased evaluation for PTSD with OCD, and remanded claims for service connection for osteoarthritis involving multiple joints and allergic rhinitis.

The Board granted the restoration of a 20 percent rating for IVDS, lumbosacral spine, and denied a compensable rating for sinusitis. The claims for increased ratings for IVDS and right ankle strain were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a scar on the right ring finger and denied service connection for refractive errors of the eyes. Other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied the appeal for severance of service connection for rhinitis and entitlement to service connection for asthma, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the original grant of service connection for rhinitis and that there was no evidence supporting a link between either condition and the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and sinusitis based on the evidence showing that these conditions were incurred during active-duty service.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for increased ratings of various service-connected conditions, resulting in the dismissal of all appeals.

The Board granted service connection for rhinitis, finding that the Veteran's symptoms had their onset during service and have been continuous since then.

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

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for right knee limitation of flexion from January 28, 2019, and separate 10 percent ratings for instability in both knees as of February 14, 2019, while denying increased ratings for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, left knee limitation of flexion, and a TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, and remanded the other issues for further development.

The Board granted increased ratings for left elbow olecranon bursitis, left and right knee flexion, and left knee instability, as well as service connection for depression. However, it denied increased ratings for the left elbow prior to July 19, 2022, and a compensable rating for the right knee patellofemoral syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, sinusitis, and radiculopathy of both lower extremities. The Veteran was also granted increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for non-allergic rhinitis, as the evidence did not support a finding of greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passages on both sides or complete obstruction of one side.

The Board granted service connection for chronic diarrhea and sinusitis, and granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for right shoulder strain.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for asthma and non-allergic rhinitis, as well as remanded claims for service connection for chronic bronchitis and chronic sinusitis.

The Board remands the appeal for the AOJ to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis and rhinitis due to presumed exposure to fine particulate matter in the Southwest Asia theater of operations, and increased ratings for lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board remands the case to obtain complete treatment records from the Birmingham VA for the period prior to October 2001.

The Board granted service connection for fibromyalgia and allergic rhinitis, effective January 16, 2024.

The Board granted eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a January 2024 rating decision, as it pertains to the award of service connection for sinusitis, but denied such eligibility for allergic rhinitis.