Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic sinusitis to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing the Veteran's lay statements that his sinusitis began during service and has continued to the present.
The deciding factor: The March 2024 and September 2024 VA examinations are inadequate because they relied on the absence of evidence and ignored the Veteran's lay statements regarding continuity of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099010
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