The Board granted service connection for acute right-side maxillary sinusitis and remanded the claims for headaches, a right thumb disability, and a left thumb disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence reasonably demonstrates that the Veteran's currently diagnosed acute right-side maxillary sinusitis onset during and has continued since service. The claim for headaches was remanded due to inadequate VA opinions on direct and secondary service connection theories.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute right-side maxillary sinusitis, Headaches, to include as secondary to acute right-side maxillary sinusitis, Right thumb disability, Left thumb disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089747
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,614 · Granted: 35% (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
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