The Board has granted an effective date of May 17, 2010 for the award of a maximum schedular rating of 30 percent for service-connected vasomotor rhinitis. The Veteran's vasomotor rhinitis met the criteria for a 30 percent evaluation as of that date.
The deciding factor: The private medical evidence from Kaiser Permanente supported finding a factually ascertainable increase in the Veteran's vasomotor rhinitis as of May 17, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- vasomotor rhinitis, nasal polyps
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23062583
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What this means for you
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