The Board has restored the veteran's disability evaluation for frontal sinusitis from 30 percent to 10 percent, effective November 1, 1999.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed improvement in the veteran's condition and did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 6512.
- Claimed conditions
- Frontal Sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0107770
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a medical opinion regarding the severity of her frontal sinusitis condition, specifically considering the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including traumatic brain injury, vertigo, shoulder disabilities, elbow and wrist disabilities, hand disabilities, hip disability, ankle disabilities, respiratory breathing problems, frontal sinusitis, and rhinitis are denied. The Board notes that the Veteran is presumed to have been exposed to fine particulate matter during his service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War.,Service connection for frontal sinusitis and rhinitis is granted based on presumptive exposure to fine particulate matter due to service in Southwest Asia.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran has been rendered unable to maintain substantially gainful employment as a result of service-connected disabilities from June 26, 2012.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's increased rating claims for chronic suppurative otitis media and frontal sinusitis, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating under VA regulations.
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