The Veteran's chronic sinusitis is currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board finds that a higher rating of 30 percent is warranted for more than six non-incapacitating episodes per year with headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting.,The Veteran's hiatal hernia with reflux esophagitis is currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board finds that a higher rating of 30 percent is warranted due to considerable impairment of health including persistent symptoms such as epigastric distress, pyrosis, and regurgitation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms have consistently met or exceeded the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7346.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Sinusitis, Hiatal Hernia with Reflux Esophagitis, Joint Deformity of the Fifth Toe of the Left Foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2014
- Citation
- 1448287
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- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis and denied a compensable rating for chronic sinusitis, both effective from August 18, 2022.
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