The Board granted an effective date of December 16, 2021, for the grant of a 10 percent rating for chronic bilateral maxillary sinusitis based on the onset of worsening symptoms during the one-year look back period prior to the claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated the onset of worsening sinus symptoms during the one-year look back period prior to the granted effective date, allowing an earlier effective date under 38 C.F.R. § 3.400(o)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bilateral maxillary sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25030160
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,113 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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