Sinusitis & rhinitis — all decisions

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis due to the lack of a current diagnosis, and remanded the claim for further development regarding salivary gland cancer.

The Board granted service connection for chronic headaches and denied a higher rating for allergic rhinitis, while remanding the remaining claims.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis as there was no current disability of sinusitis during the pendency of the claim and no recent diagnosis prior to filing.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, bilateral foot disability, lumbar spine disability, irritable bowel syndrome, headaches, and obstructive sleep apnea. The effective date of March 2, 2022, was granted for the award of service connection for rhinitis, and a 70 percent rating was assigned for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder.

The Board denied service connection for digestive condition and sinusitis, but granted service connection for vitiligo of the penis and lipomas. The initial ratings for various disabilities were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and an initial 70 percent rating, but not higher, for persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress. Other claims were denied or remanded.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 5, 2022, for the grant of a 10 percent disability rating for allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded certain issues for further development.

The Board denied service connection for chronic sinusitis and remanded the claims for COPD, pulmonary emphysema, GERD, hypertension, and hypertensive CKD due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and chronic bronchitis, as well as a 10 percent rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable rating or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for chronic sinusitis for the entire initial rating period on appeal, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for a left ankle disability and reopened claims for a chronic upper respiratory infection, but denied other claims including service connection for pain of the thoracic spine, bilateral restless leg syndrome (RLS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), psychiatric disability, back disability, lower extremity radiculopathy, right ankle disability, rhinitis, sinus arrhythmia, and various other conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence of chronic kidney disease or right knee joint osteoarthritis related to service.

The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the service-connected scar, status-post appendectomy, but denied all other claims for increased ratings and service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, GERD, and IBS were granted with effective dates based on the PACT Act of 2022.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, except for a 30 percent rating for GERD.

The Board granted service connection for asthma and allergic rhinitis, both related to in-service environmental exposures. The claims for sleep apnea, cervical spine strain, left knee sprain, and right knee sprain were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis and remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches and a gastrointestinal disability, to include GERD, IBS, constipation, and gastritis.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for lumbar strain but denied higher ratings and service connection for other conditions.