The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 11, 2018 for a 30 percent disability rating and June 21, 2021 for a 50 percent disability rating for chronic sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's chronic sinusitis manifested as more than six non-incapacitating episodes per year of sinusitis characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting from October 11, 2018, and near constant sinusitis characterized by headaches, pain and purulent discharge or crusting after repeated surgeries from June 21, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25053169
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic sinusitis, left shoulder strain, lumbosacral strain, and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity to ensure compliance with its previous remand directives.
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