The Board found no evidence of a current sinus disability, and denied service connection for chronic allergies and chronic ear infections. The veteran's claimed conditions are not considered to be related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence linking the veteran's current disabilities to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinus disability, chronic allergies, chronic ear infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0120983
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals before the Board promulgated a decision.
- Denied
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