The Veteran's claims for service connection for seasonal allergic rhinitis and cervical dysplasia have been granted. The Veteran is also awarded a 10% disability rating for her appendectomy scar, effective July 11, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current conditions were related to service and granted service connection based on this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis, Cervical Dysplasia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23022867
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
Your past-due benefits for seasonal allergic rhinitis have been released to you, and the claim is dismissed as there are no longer outstanding issues.
- Denied
The Board has denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected seasonal allergic rhinitis, finding that his symptoms have not met the criteria for such a rating at any point during the period on appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's seasonal allergic rhinitis would have been manifested by greater than 50-percent obstruction of the nasal passage on both sides, or complete obstruction on one side, if he had not used medication and/or 'allergy shots' (immunotherapy).
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD rating is restored to 70% effective September 1, 2019.,The Veteran is granted TDIU from September 21, 2015.
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