The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic tonsillitis does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating as there is no evidence of hoarseness with inflammation of cords or mucous membranes.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show any symptoms consistent with hoarseness and inflammation of cords or mucous membranes, which are required for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 6516.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic tonsillitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2008
- Citation
- 0822500
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased rating of his service-connected chronic tonsillitis, and the Board dismissed the case as a result.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for Raynaud's disease, chronic tonsillitis, and GERD based on the Veteran's credible reported history of continued symptoms since active duty service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to a formal defect related to the Veteran's concurrent election of multiple review options for the same issues.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a rating of 10 percent, but no higher, for chronic tonsillitis based on the Veteran's symptoms including intermittent productive cough with acute infection requiring a course of antibiotics at least twice a year.
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