The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 30 percent rating for sinusitis with headaches is granted, and the effective date is set at August 1, 1990.
The deciding factor: The earliest basis upon which the factual ascertainment of the requisite disablement warranting (for the veteran's service-connected sinusitis with headaches) a 30 percent rating might have been made may involve the veteran's surgery performed by VA in August 1993. However, since this cannot be deemed to have been received, the proper effective date for the veteran's 30 percent rating is the same as that assigned, i.e., August 1, 1990, for the initial related 10 percent rating awarded in September 1994.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis with headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 2, 2000
- Citation
- 0014508
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