The Board denied service connection for allergic rhinitis and eczema as there is no credible, competent medical evidence establishing any relationship between these disabilities and the Veteran's active duty service.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's allergic rhinitis and eczema were less likely than not caused by his TERA in service, and there is no credible evidence linking these conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergic rhinitis (claimed as sinusitis), Skin disorder, diagnosed as eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25103003
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,162 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected allergic rhinitis (claimed as sinusitis) is granted due to exposure to fine particulate matter during their service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and allergic rhinitis (claimed as sinusitis) are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions. The Veteran is also granted new and material evidence to reopen his claim for service connection for a low back disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for a compensable rating for his service-connected allergic rhinitis (claimed as sinusitis) from March 7, 2018 to January 9, 2019 due to lack of evidence of greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passages on both sides or complete obstruction on one side.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's allergic rhinitis was found to have its onset during active duty service and is therefore granted service connection. The respiratory disability, including chronic bronchitis and COPD, was not shown to be related to service.
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