The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional evidence and an examination regarding his service-connected sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not provided records of treatment for his service-connected sinusitis, which are necessary to determine the severity of his condition.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19178899
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's sinusitis is granted a 30 percent rating, but no higher. The issues of compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and service connection for deviated septum are remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to inadequate examination in March 2010, including failure to report specific symptoms such as headaches and periods of incapacitation.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of chronic maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis was denied. The current rating is 30 percent, based on the criteria set forth in Diagnostic Code 6512.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran is seeking a higher evaluation for his service-connected chronic maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis, which was initially granted in May 2004 with a noncompensable rating. The RO has been instructed to obtain the veteran's treatment records from Dr. Mauro in Absecon, New Jersey, and then readjudicate the issue of entitlement to a higher rating for his service-connected sinusitis.
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