The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for chronic sinusitis with sinus headaches claimed as allergies was denied. The Board found that a more appropriate effective date is May 20, 2006, based on new and material evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The RO received the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for allergies in May 2006, which was considered along with additional medical evidence. The July 2006 statement from Dr. T.R.V., M.D., found it as likely as not that the Veteran's sinusitis was related to active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis, sinus headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 13, 2013
- Citation
- 1329367
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their claims for service connection for chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis, thus the appeal is dismissed.
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