Va Rating For Non Allergic Rhinitis

Nonallergic rhinitis often happens during periods of hormonal imbalance.

Va rating for non allergic rhinitis. Use our VA Disability Calculator to estimate your combined VA rating and monthly entitlement here. Diseases of the nose and throat. 30 Rhinitis is consistent and there are certain growths in the tissues. Again to receive an extraschedular rating for rhinitis the veterans symptoms must not already be contemplated ie taken into account in the rating criteria set forth under DC 6522.

Sinus Disabilities Could Cause Secondary Conditions. 09-17 805 DATE On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee Oklahoma THE ISSUE Entitlement to an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis prior to January 7 2013 and in excess of 10 percent thereafter. VA Disability Ratings for Rhinitis. In many cases it is also tied to how much your condition affects your ability to keep a normal job.

Exposing both nasal passages 30. If your allergic rhinitis is constant and is severe to the point that you have abnormal growths forming in your tissues you will get a disability rating of 30 percent. 30 Without polyps but with greater than 50-percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction on one side. For instance it may happen during puberty menstruation or pregnancy.

There are two percentages. 10 No growth but at least 50 of passages on both sides or 100 on one nasal passage blocked. Septum nasal deviation of. I just want to state for the record a veteran could truly take advantage of this regulation but I did not.

At least with the 0 rating you can file for an increase if you feel the condition has worsened. Allergic rhinitis can warrant a 30 percent rating but only if the Veteran suffers from polyps. 6522 Allergic or vasomotor rhinitis. It is under the Code 6522.

Board denied a higher rating for rhinitis. Otherwise rhinitis will only get you up to a 50 rating at its worst. You really need to convince the CP examiner it is a current condition in addtion to the condition started in mililtary service and the conditions connection to military service. The Respiratory System Overview.

Traumatic only With 50-percent obstruction of the nasal passage on both sides. It usually starts during the second month of. There isnt a 0 rating listed under Allergic Rhinitis on the rating schedule. Sinusitis can warrant up to a 50 percent rating but it is extremely rare to obtain such a percentage because it would require radical surgery with lingering severe complications.

I wrote a letter to the VA stating that I had at least 12 non-incapacitating episodes of sinus headaches pain and purulent discharge or crusting a year. Or complete obstruction on one side 10. Nose loss of part of or scars. 497 Schedule of ratingsrespiratory system.

10 6523 Bacterial rhinitis. It wont be much unless you get a specific diagnosis for Wegeners granulomatosis lethal midline granuloma which is a type of cancer. He also noted the use of a steroid nasal spray twice a day every day for years. Chronic Sinusitis can Be Incapacitating.

An extraschedular VA disability rating may be warranted for veterans who experience unique or especially severe symptoms of a service-connected condition. The VA awards disability compensation for each Respiratory System condition that is service-connectedThe DoD will also rate service-connected Respiratory System conditions as long as they also make the service member Unfit for DutyFor Reservists the condition must have occurred in or resulted from an injury in the Line of Duty to qualify. I was re-rated from 0 for allergic rhinitis to 30 for maxillary sinusitis. During a March 2011 VA examination the Veteran reported congestion headaches facial tissue and eyelid swelling and tooth pain.