Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as service connection for various conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating or an earlier effective date for chronic rhinitis and sinusitis, nor was there sufficient evidence to grant service connection for hearing loss, skin disabilities of the foot, knee instability, foot disability, ankle sprains on either side.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, bilateral (or unilateral) hearing loss, skin disability of the bilateral (or unilateral) foot, to include athletes' foot (tinea pedis), bilateral (or unilateral) knee disability (claimed as bilateral knee instability), bilateral (or unilateral) foot disability (claimed as fallen arches), left ankle disability (claimed as left ankle sprain), right ankle disability (claimed as right ankle sprain)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096583
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