The Board has granted service connection for seasonal allergic rhinitis and a cervical spine/neck disorder. The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, wide spread joint pain, right foot, left foot, right ankle sprain, left ankle sprain, right shoulder disorder, herpes simplex virus II (HSV-2), facial and chest pityriasis alba rash, degenerative joint disease of the acromioclavicular joint of the left shoulder, and hypertension with headaches have been granted. The Veteran is assigned a 10% rating for his service-connected HSV-2.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was sufficient evidence to support the grant of service connection for seasonal allergic rhinitis and a cervical spine/neck disorder based on direct service connection. For other conditions, the Board considered whether they were related to service or if new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Seasonal allergic rhinitis, Cervical spine/neck disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1412577
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