The Board has granted service connection and assigned a noncompensable initial rating for sinusitis with tinnitus and headache. A separate 10 percent disability evaluation was granted for tinnitus. The remaining claims were denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim for increased ratings for his service-connected conditions did not meet the criteria under the new VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities as of June 10, 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized joint pain, hypersensitivity of the eyes to light, tremor of both hands and tingling and numbness of the thighs, mitral valve prolapse, gingivitis with gum discomfort, constipation (presumed related to hemorrhoids), groin and testicular pain, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0010460
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a direct service connection opinion and an adequate secondary service connection aggravation opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile dysfunction, kidney condition, sleep apnea, wrists condition, asthma, shoulders condition, ankles condition, eye condition (bilateral dry macular degeneration), peripheral vascular disease (heart condition), and rhinitis.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea is dismissed as the benefit sought has been granted, making the case moot.
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