The Board found no new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for sinusitis. The veteran's current sinusitis was not incurred or aggravated by active military service, as there is no medical evidence linking it to any disease or injury during service. Coronary artery disease with hypertension and stroke were also not shown to be related to service. Diabetes mellitus and reflux indigestion were not found to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the veteran's current sinusitis, coronary artery disease with hypertension, and stroke are not linked to his military service due to a lack of medical evidence supporting such a connection.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis, coronary artery disease with hypertension, stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0215265
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