The Board granted a 10 percent rating for sinusitis with sinus headaches and remanded several other issues, including increased ratings for radiculopathy of the lower extremities, degenerative arthritis conditions, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of moderate intermittent pain, paresthesias, dysesthesias, and numbness in his bilateral lower extremities supported a 20 percent rating. For sinusitis, the evidence showed three to six non-incapacitating episodes per year with symptoms of headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting, warranting a 10 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy left lower extremity, Radiculopathy right lower extremity, Sinusitis with sinus headaches, Degenerative arthritis and IVDS, Degenerative arthritis with instability, left ankle, Acquired psychiatric condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25058469
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 833 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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