The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for chronic sinusitis is dismissed. The Board finds that his claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for sinus headaches has no legal merit and denies it.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit any statements expressing disagreement with the effective date assigned for his award of service connection for chronic sinusitis nor did he submit any documents concerning that matter that could be considered new and material evidence. The earliest expression of disagreement with the December 2016 rating decision was filed in June 2018, more than one year after the rating decision became final.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis, sinus headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 23, 2019
- Citation
- A19000680
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome as there is no evidence of a current disability in the record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for chronic sinusitis and remanded the claim for a lumbar spine disability due to insufficient evidence.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking readjudication of the previously denied claim for PTSD and multiple other conditions is dismissed due to a procedural defect. The Veteran's authorized representative at the time the appeal was submitted did not have the authority to file the appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their claims for service connection for chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis, thus the appeal is dismissed.
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