The Board has determined that the VA examination provided in April 2024 was inadequate for adjudication purposes and remands the case for a new examination to determine if the Veteran's sinus condition is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found the April 2024 VA examination insufficient due to its failure to consider the Veteran's treatment during active duty, which may have impacted the examiner's conclusions.
- Claimed conditions
- sinus condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2026
- Citation
- A26040839
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sinus condition, left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, and sleep apnea as there was no current disability related to these conditions during the pendency of the claim. The Veteran's self-reported symptoms were not supported by medical evidence.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested to withdraw all his appeals for service connection of sinus condition, migraine condition, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). As a result, the Board dismissed these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for benign prostate hyperplasia is denied due to lack of a nexus between the condition and his military service.,Service connection for sinus condition is denied as there was no in-service event or injury, and the current diagnosis occurred over 50 years after separation.,The lower back condition claim is remanded because the VA examiner found that the Veteran waited nearly 50 years to seek treatment.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral hearing loss is granted. The claim for sinus condition is denied.
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