The Board remands the claim for service connection of sinusitis/rhinitis to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing the relationship between the Veteran's condition and her service.
The deciding factor: The December 2024 VA opinion was found inadequate due to internal inconsistencies, failure to consider lay statements, and lack of a reasoned explanation connecting the evidence with the conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis/rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110998
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Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sinusitis/rhinitis due to incomplete records and a need for further development.
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