Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 8, 2017, for the grant of service connection for rhinitis but denied initial compensable ratings and higher ratings for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- rhinitis, left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, right lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, right elbow epicondylitis, hepatic steatosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106464
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