The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for dry eye syndrome, eczema, and sinusitis due to a lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses. The claim for an increased rating for rhinitis was also denied as there is no evidence of nasal polyps. An effective date prior to July 3, 2024, for the award of service connection for rhinitis was also denied.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not have current diagnoses of dry eye syndrome, eczema, or sinusitis and there were no nasal polyps in his case of rhinitis to warrant a higher rating. The effective date could not be earlier than July 3, 2024, as this was when he filed his claim.

Claimed conditions

dry eye syndrome, eczema, sinusitis, rhinitis

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 5, 2025

Citation

A25096086

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