The veteran's upper respiratory system disorders have been primarily manifested by occasional incapacitating episodes, enlarged turbinates, mucous, and occasional bleeding since April 1992. The Board denied a higher rating for sinusitis with allergic rhinitis and deviated nasal septum.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinusitis with allergic rhinitis, Deviated nasal septum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0306238
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,177 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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