The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis, which was found to have manifested during the appellant's active-duty military service. The claim for a compensable disability rating for rhinitis was remanded due to pre-decisional errors in the AOJ's duty to assist.
The deciding factor: The later VA clinician's opinion had more probative value than the earlier one as it considered pertinent records that the earlier opinion did not, leading to the grant of service connection for sinusitis. The claim for a compensable rating for rhinitis was remanded due to pre-decisional errors in the AOJ's duty to assist.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25108063
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