The Veteran's allergic rhinosinusitis and Eustachian tube dysfunction have not been found to warrant a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the nasal obstruction is due to the Veteran's septal deformity, not his allergic rhinitis, and thus does not meet the criteria for a 10% rating under Diagnostic Code 6522.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergic Rhinosinusitis, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2011
- Citation
- 1117822
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- Granted
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