The Veteran's initial compensable disability rating for allergic rhinitis prior to March 30, 2022, and a disability rating in excess of 10 percent thereafter for the disability are denied.,The Veteran's service-connected sinusitis is currently rated as 10 percent disabling prior to November 8, 2016, and as 30 percent disabling from November 8, 2016 to January 14, 2019. The Board has concluded that a higher rating for the disability is not warranted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show characteristics of obstruction of both nasal passages greater than 50 percent or complete obstruction in one nasal passage due to rhinitis during the period prior to March 30, 2022. The Veteran's sinusitis did not meet the criteria for a higher rating as it was characterized by headaches and purulent discharge or crusting.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22062972
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