The Board denied service connection for a sinus disability, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not relate to his military service and that there was no competent evidence linking his current condition to his time in active duty.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's sinus disability was not related to his military service due to the passage of time between his discharge and initial diagnosis, and the lack of a nexus between his symptoms and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinus disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129602
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Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
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