The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for recurrent rhinitis and chronic tonsillitis, finding no evidence of a nexus between her current conditions and her period of active military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's recurrent rhinitis was not related to her period of service and found no history of sinusitis or sinus-related disorder during her period of service. The VA examiner also noted that there was no evidence of chronic tonsillitis in service records, and the current symptoms were more likely due to seasonal allergic conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent rhinitis, chronic tonsillitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2015
- Citation
- 1532240
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased rating of his service-connected chronic tonsillitis, and the Board dismissed the case as a result.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Raynaud's disease, chronic tonsillitis, and GERD based on the Veteran's credible reported history of continued symptoms since active duty service.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to a formal defect related to the Veteran's concurrent election of multiple review options for the same issues.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 10 percent, but no higher, for chronic tonsillitis based on the Veteran's symptoms including intermittent productive cough with acute infection requiring a course of antibiotics at least twice a year.
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