The Veteran's maxillary sinusitis with retention cyst is currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board finds no evidence of incapacitating episodes or more than six non-incapacitating episodes per year. Therefore, a higher rating is not warranted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show any incapacitating episodes requiring physician-prescribed bed rest for sinusitis, and the Veteran has reported only four such non-incapacitating episodes per year.
- Claimed conditions
- maxillary sinusitis with retention cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1001152
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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