The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an eye disorder and granted a 10 percent rating for chronic maxillary sinusitis.
The deciding factor: New evidence, including medical opinions linking inservice sinus surgery to the veteran's current eye disorder, was submitted and found sufficient to reopen the claim. The VA also determined that the veteran's chronic maxillary sinusitis warranted a 10 percent disability rating based on its manifestations.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disorder, chronic maxillary sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 21, 2002
- Citation
- 0202665
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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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