The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 21, 2000 for a rating evaluation of 30 percent for sinusitis with allergic rhinitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support that the veteran's condition warranted a higher rating before July 21, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis with allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0637759
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Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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