The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and shoulder injury, finding no evidence of a link to active military service.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found no relationship between the claimed conditions and active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Sinusitis"}, {"conditionName":"Residuals of Shoulder Injury"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0918025
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's sinusitis has not been productive of 1 or 2 incapacitating episodes per year requiring prolonged (lasting 4 to 6 weeks) antibiotic treatment, or 3 to 6 non-incapacitating episodes per year characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting.,The Veteran's allergic rhinitis has not manifested with greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or with polyps.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral foot disorder, including pes planovalgus and plantar fasciitis with arthritis, is found to be related to service. The Veteran's sinusitis claim has been remanded for further examination and opinion.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder (claimed stomach disability) has been reopened and is granted. Service connection is also granted for sinusitis, bilateral lower extremity arthritis as secondary to service-connected disability, left upper extremity arthritis as secondary to service-connected disability, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for allergic rhinitis, a right wrist sebaceous cyst, and a compensable initial rating for sinusitis have been withdrawn. The Board also found that the Veteran does not currently have cellulitis or ulcerative colitis.
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