The Veteran's service-connected chronic allergic rhinitis was restored to a 10 percent evaluation effective April 13, 2016.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show improvement in the Veteran’s ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work related to his chronic allergic rhinitis.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19163097
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