The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected vasomotor rhinitis, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a 10% disability rating under Diagnostic Code 6522.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical opinions provided no evidence of nasal polyps or greater than 50 percent obstruction of the nasal passage on both sides due to rhinitis, which are required for a compensable rating under DC 6522.
- Claimed conditions
- vasomotor rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178271
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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