The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected sinusitis with headaches, effective from the date of the initial grant of service connection. The issue of service connection for sleep apnea is remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examination confirmed that the veteran currently suffers from sleep apnea and provided an opinion attributing it to obesity rather than her service-connected sinusitis with headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinusitis with Headaches, Sleep Apnea (claimed as secondary to sinusitis)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2007
- Citation
- 0710266
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran's sinusitis with headaches warrants an initial 30 percent rating, but no higher. The Veteran's chronic tonsillitis to include chronic laryngitis is rated at 10 percent. Tinnitus remains a pending issue due to insufficient evidence in the record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, gastritis, left and right knee disabilities, sinusitis with headaches, left foot scar, and adjustment disorder with anxiety are not supported by evidence of a current disability. The issues have been remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding these conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's sinusitis with headaches is not shown to meet the criteria for a higher evaluation, and service connection for migraine headaches is not warranted.
- Denied
The veteran's service connection claims for sinusitis with headaches, right knee disability, and left knee disability are denied. The Board finds that the veteran currently has a diagnosis of patellofemoral syndrome of the right knee but no current diagnoses for sinusitis or left knee disabilities.
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