The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected chronic atrophic rhinitis, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on Diagnostic Code 6513 or 6522.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show symptoms such as chronic osteomyelitis, near constant sinusitis with headaches, pain and tenderness of affected sinuses, purulent discharge or crusting after repeated surgeries, which would warrant a higher rating under Diagnostic Codes 6513 or 6522.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic atrophic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0711099
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