The Board denied a compensable disability rating for seasonal allergic rhinitis and remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passages or the presence of nasal polyps, which are required for a compensable rating. For hypertension, an adequate medical opinion was not obtained to address whether the Veteran's service-connected conditions caused or aggravated his hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- seasonal allergic rhinitis, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25105089
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