The veteran's allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, as well as his duodenal ulcer disease, are considered to have originated during service. He is granted service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: Service medical records document the presence of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, along with a diagnosis of duodenal ulcer disease in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, Duodenal ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0000268
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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