The Board granted service connection for headaches secondary to service-connected sinusitis associated with service-connected rhinitis and remanded the remaining issues for further development.
The deciding factor: The appellant's headaches were caused by his service-connected sinusitis associated with his service-connected rhinitis, as supported by medical opinions in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, cervical spine disability, bilateral cubital tunnel syndrome, umbilical hernia and residuals thereof, bilateral hearing loss disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, to include as due to toxic exposure risk activities (TERA), rhinitis prior to December 29, 2021, and a disability rating in excess of 10 percent thereafter, sinusitis associated with the appellant's service-connected rhinitis prior to February 23, 2022, and a disability rating in excess of 10 percent thereafter, lumbosacral spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy (femoral nerve), left lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve) prior to November 18, 2020, and a rating in excess of 40 percent thereafter, right lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve) prior to November 18, 2020, and in excess of 20 percent thereafter, total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046110
What this means for you
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