The Veteran is granted an effective date of January 28, 1997 for a 50% rating for chronic ethmoid sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The claim was continuously pursued from the initial filing on January 28, 1997 and the evidence supports the grant of service connection as early as that date.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic ethmoid sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2026
- Citation
- A26019699
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent initial rating for migraine headaches but denied non-compensable ratings for chronic ethmoid sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, while remanding several service connection claims.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 6, 2011, for the grant of an increased rating of 10 percent for chronic ethmoid sinusitis and dismissed entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic ethmoid sinusitis. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a neck disability was remanded.
- Dismissed
The appeal of the reduction in disability rating for chronic ethmoid sinusitis was dismissed due to a concurrent election of review options.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to a higher initial rating for chronic ethmoid sinusitis and entitlement to a TDIU due to the need for further development, including scheduling a VA examination.
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