The Board denied service connection for chronic sinusitis and an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis due to the lack of evidence supporting these claims.
The deciding factor: The persuasive weight of the evidence did not support a diagnosis of sinusitis or symptoms separate from the Veteran's already service-connected allergic rhinitis, and there was no evidence of greater than 50 percent obstruction of the nasal passage on both sides for the allergic rhinitis to warrant a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103464
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