Sinusitis Board decisions

The Board has denied service connection for sinusitis and gastrointestinal disability (including gastroenteritis). However, it has granted service connection for a migraine disability and an acquired psychiatric disability (including major depressive disorder).,Service connection is also being remanded for hypertension.

The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to a higher initial rating for chronic ethmoid sinusitis and entitlement to a TDIU due to the need for further development, including scheduling a VA examination.

The Veteran's appeal of the claim for service connection for a heart murmur is dismissed as moot due to the grant in December 2013. The claims for increased disability evaluations for sinusitis, hemorrhoids, and tinea pedis are remanded.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service-connected. His lumbar spine and right knee conditions, as well as his sinusitis and irritable bowel syndrome are denied due to lack of in-service incurrence or relationship.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including osteoarthritis in multiple joints and other conditions.

The appeal to reopen a claim for service connection for a right knee disability is granted. The claim of entitlement to service connection for sinusitis is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal regarding the recoupment of separation pay for various disabilities, finding that VA was required to withhold this amount from his disability compensation benefits as per law.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of her sinusitis with sinus headaches. The issues of service connection for unspecified depressive disorder on a secondary basis and a rating in excess of 10 percent for sinusitis are also remanded.

The Veteran's appeals for initial compensable evaluations for right and left hand carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as her appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability to include simple phobia (now consolidated under major depressive disorder with PTSD and insomnia), have been dismissed. The Veteran has also been granted a TDIU.

The Veteran's chronic maxillary sinusitis is rated at a 30 percent disability rating, effective from the date of his original claim in May 2017. The VA Board found that he experienced more than six non-incapacitating episodes per year characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting.

The Veteran's appeal includes multiple issues, including service connection for various foot conditions and a request for an earlier effective date. The Board has not made a final determination on these claims.

The Board has remanded the claims for sinusitis, sleep apnea (secondary to sinusitis), and fibroids with a resulting hysterectomy due to inadequate opinions in previous VA examinations.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's sinusitis and sleep apnea syndrome claims should be remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and providing a new VA examination to address the etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings in multiple service-connected conditions, including dysthymic disorder with major depression, herniated disc at the L4-L5, tinea versicolor (dermatophytosis), chronic rhinitis, and appendectomy scar. The appeal is dismissed.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings in multiple service-connected conditions, including dysthymic disorder with major depression, herniated disc at the L4-L5, tinea versicolor (dermatophytosis), chronic rhinitis, and appendectomy scar. The appeal is dismissed.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current rhinitis is related to her military service.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for status post hysterectomy with uterovaginal prolapse was denied. The TDIU claim from February 12, 2014 to April 30, 2014 is dismissed due to the assignment of a 100% schedular rating. For the period since May 1, 2014, the Veteran's service-connected disabilities meet the threshold for TDIU and she was granted TDIU.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis are not service-connected.,Service connection was denied for all three conditions due to lack of evidence showing a current disability or in-service injury.

The Board has granted a disability rating of 30 percent from March 27, 2010 to April 21, 2016 for chronic sinusitis and a disability rating of 20 percent from March 27, 2010 to March 31, 2014 for cervical spine disability.

The Board has remanded four issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including for allergic rhinitis and/or sinusitis, bronchitis, anemia, and PTSD. Additional evidence is needed, as well as a VA examination for each issue.