The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for sinusitis and an earlier effective date for his right shoulder bursitis disability rating. The Board found that there was no current diagnosis of sinusitis, and that the veteran's functional loss due to pain did not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating prior to August 2001.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current diagnosis of sinusitis, and the veteran's right shoulder bursitis had been rated based on his complaints of pain and weakness. The Board found that the functional loss due to pain did not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating prior to August 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinusitis, Right Shoulder Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0602278
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