The Board denied service connection for urethral/bladder problems and granted restoration of ratings for allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis. The decision also found that the reduction in ratings from 10% to noncompensable was improper.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a medical nexus between the Veteran's urinary incontinence and her service-connected hysterectomy, nor did it show an improvement in her ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work due to less severe sinusitis or rhinitis symptoms at the time of the February 2016 reductions.
- Claimed conditions
- urethral/bladder problems, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19190600
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