The Board has determined that the veteran's sinusitis does not meet or nearly approximate the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent under Diagnostic Code 6513, and therefore denied his claim for an increased evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show three or more incapacitating episodes per year of sinusitis requiring prolonged antibiotic treatment, or more than six non-incapacitating episodes per year characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0603170
What this means for you
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