The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected chronic rhinitis as the evidence did not show greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction on one side.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 VA examination noted a diagnosis of non-allergic vasomotor rhinitis and documented that the Veteran had a greater than 50 percent obstruction to right nares due to turbinate swelling and less than 30 percent obstruction to the left nares, which did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015928
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