The veteran's claim for a higher initial evaluation for chronic sinusitis, status post bilateral endoscopic ethmoidectomy with etiopathic cough is being remanded due to the need for further development and consideration of an extraschedular rating. The issues of service connection for asthma and bronchitis are also pending.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim requires additional development including a hearing, adjudication of the secondary hernia issue, referral for extraschedular evaluation, and issuance of a statement of the case on service connection for asthma and bronchitis.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis, etiopathic cough
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0217544
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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