The Board's April 21, 2011 decision was found to have been clearly and unmistakably erroneous due to the failure to consider favorable medical and lay evidence. The Veteran is now entitled to a 30 percent disability evaluation for rhinitis with sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to consider the Veteran's symptoms, which met the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6514.
- Claimed conditions
- rhinitis with sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2018
- Citation
- 1829614
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