The veteran's service-connected pansinusitis and laryngitis were evaluated as noncompensable under the applicable VA rating criteria. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating in either case.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show symptoms or findings consistent with the criteria required for a compensable rating under the current VA rating criteria for pansinusitis and laryngitis.
- Claimed conditions
- pansinusitis, laryngitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0617712
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