The Board granted an earlier effective date of April 19, 2015, for the grant of service connection for sinusitis based on a prior and pending unadjudicated claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record reasonably raised the claim for sinusitis in relation to the Veteran's service-connected deviated septum, which was unadjudicated until the RO granted service connection in a November 2023 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25026088
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
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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