The Board has determined that the evidence submitted by the Veteran since the April 1998 RO denial is cumulative and redundant, and does not constitute new and material evidence to reopen his claim of service connection for a sinus condition.
The deciding factor: The newly received evidence continues to show the Veteran suffers from a sinus disorder but does not contain any indication of an etiological link between the current disorder and his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- sinus condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1031266
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a deviated septum and chronic sore throat, dismissed the issue of a sinus condition, and remanded claims for asthma, hypertension, and irritable bowel syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including lumbar condition and PTSD, with specific ratings and effective dates.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, tooth, deviated septum, and sinus conditions to correct predecisional duty-to-assist errors.
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