Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and tinnitus is granted effective November 20, 2015.,Service connection for prostatitis is granted effective November 20, 2015.,Service connection for allergic rhinitis is granted effective November 20, 2015. This issue is granted pursuant to the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins Act of 2022 (PACT Act).,Service connection for sinusitis is granted on a secondary basis due to allergic rhinitis.,Effective dates prior to November 20, 2015, are denied for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The effective date of the grant of service connection is the date the claim was received, more than one year after separation from service.,Prostatitis was incurred in service based on symptoms reported by the Veteran during service and confirmed by a private clinician's diagnosis.,Service connection for allergic rhinitis and sinusitis is granted under the PACT Act due to exposure to burn pit environmental hazards. The current diagnoses of both disorders are supported by medical records and clinical opinions.,Sinusitis is proximately due to allergic rhinitis, which was incurred in service based on environmental exposures. Service connection for sinusitis is granted on a secondary basis.,The effective dates prior to November 20, 2015, are denied as the claims were received more than one year after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, tinnitus, prostatitis, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2023
- Citation
- A23035230
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