The Veteran is granted TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.,The Veteran's sinusitis with rhinitis does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s service-connected conditions render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and his symptoms do not meet the criteria for higher evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinusitis with rhinitis, Back disability (lumbosacral strain)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20067112
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Denied
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