The Veteran's allergy disorder was incurred in active service and the Board grants entitlement to service connection for this condition. The criteria for a TDIU rating have also been met, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the claimant.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show complaints and treatment related to an allergy disorder during service, and current VA examination confirms a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis. The Veteran's unemployability is due to his service-connected disabilities alone.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergic rhinitis and sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2011
- Citation
- 1127906
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right knee and allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions had their onset in service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to July 17, 2012.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, as well as lumbosacral strain, status post T11 compression fracture with fusion of T10-T11, is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal was denied for entitlement to earlier effective dates for TDIU, DEA, and PTSD. The RO granted these benefits on April 4, 2011.
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