The veteran's chronic sinusitis is shown to manifest as more than six non-incapacitating episodes per year of sinusitis characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting. The veteran's coronary artery disease status post coronary artery bypass graft was not manifested during service or within one year of separation from service, and any currently diagnosed coronary artery disease status post coronary artery bypass graft is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to service.
The deciding factor: The deciding factor for the sinusitis claim was that the veteran had more than six non-incapacitating episodes per year, characterized by headaches and sinus pain. For the coronary artery disease claim, there was no evidence of heart disease in service, no evidence that it manifested within one year of active service, and no competent medical opinion linking the current condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis, coronary artery disease status post coronary artery bypass graft
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 27, 2008
- Citation
- 0810138
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Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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