The Veteran's sinusitis was caused by toxic exposures during service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations. The Board has granted an effective date of June 6, 2015 for his award of service connection.
The deciding factor: The March 2023 VA examiner provided a nexus opinion linking the Veteran's current sinusitis to his in-service toxic exposures during service in Southwest Asia.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent maxillary sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23067122
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