The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for a separate rating for cancer of the larynx, status post radiation, with a sinus condition as the most persuasive evidence does not support finding that his current sinus condition is caused or aggravated by his service-connected cancer of the larynx.
The deciding factor: The November 2025 VA medical opinion found no causal relationship between the Veteran's sinusitis and his larynx cancer, ruling out both causation and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinus Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2026
- Citation
- 26002688
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