The Board has determined that the veteran is entitled to a separate 10 percent disability rating for rhinosinusitis, due to reactive airway disease.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows chronic symptoms of rhinosinusitis resulting in no more than two incapacitating episodes requiring antibiotic treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- rhinosinusitis, reactive airway disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0835393
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for asthma and sleep apnea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran is not entitled to service connection for reactive airway disease.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for reactive airway disease has been fully granted, and the appeal is dismissed as there are no unresolved issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for rhinosinusitis is remanded due to the need to obtain relevant records from private clinicians.
- Dismissed
The appeals seeking service connection for various conditions are dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his requests through his authorized representative.
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