The Veteran's appeal is remanded for the issuance of a supplemental statement of the case regarding increased ratings for left knee arthritis and maxillary sinusitis.
The deciding factor: Evidence received subsequent to the most recent rating decision was not considered in the current decision, as the Veteran did not waive initial RO consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- left meniscal disorder, allergic rhinitis with polyps
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100399
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 832 · Granted: 18% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for chronic sinusitis and a 30 percent disability rating, which is the maximum schedular rating, for allergic rhinitis with polyps. The sleep apnea was denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 10, 2022, for service connection for allergic rhinitis with polyps based on the passage of the PACT Act.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 20, 2018. The Board denied the claim for TDIU as there was no evidence showing he was unemployable due to his service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's sinusitis and allergic rhinitis have been rated at 30 percent, the maximum available under the rating schedule.
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