The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 3, 2023, for the grant of a 50 percent rating for sinusitis but denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis.
The deciding factor: For sinusitis, it was factually ascertainable that the Veteran's sinusitis increased in disability on March 3, 2023. For allergic rhinitis, there is no evidence that the Veteran's allergic rhinitis manifested with a greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction on one side prior to April 27, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086320
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