The Board denied increased disability ratings for sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, and GERD.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the criteria for higher ratings at any time during the appeal period due to the lack of incapacitating or non-incapacitating episodes for sinusitis, and the results from audiometric testing did not meet the criteria for a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss. For GERD, the symptoms were not persistent nor productive of considerable impairment of health.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinusitis, Bilateral Hearing Loss, GERD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25109248
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