Va Disability Rating Rhinitis

30 Without polyps but with greater than 50-percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction on one side.

Va disability rating rhinitis. 10 No growth but at least 50 of passages on both sides or 100 on one nasal passage blocked. 10 6523 Bacterial rhinitis. This past year my VA doctor suggested I seek an increase on both Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis as well as Obstructed Sleep Apnea as secondary to Allergic Rhinitis. In many cases it is also tied to how much your condition affects your ability to keep a normal job.

An extraschedular VA disability rating may be warranted for veterans who experience unique or especially severe symptoms of a service-connected condition. Rhinitis can be linked to microarousals and sleep fragmentation which can worsen sleep apnea. Chronic Sinusitis can Be Incapacitating. Otherwise rhinitis will only get you up to a 50 rating at its worst.

VA disability ratings range from 10 percent to 100 percent. 6522 Allergic or vasomotor rhinitis. Six months after discontinuance of such treatment the appropriate disability rating shall be determined by mandatory VA examination. The lowest compensable rating is 10 which pays a claimant 115month as of December of 2006.

In 2012 I filed for VA disability for Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma - my initial rating was 30 Asthma and 0 Allergic Rhinitis. At least with the 0 rating you can file for an increase if you feel the condition has worsened. The VA awards disability compensation for each Respiratory System condition that is service-connected. The DoD will also rate service-connected Respiratory System conditions as long as they also make the service member Unfit for Duty.

09-17 805DATEOn appeal from theDepartment of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee OklahomaTHE ISSUEEntitlement to an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis prior to. The VA disability rating system provides degrees of impairment from 0-100 in increments of 10. Veterans with both conditions are often able to service-connect both conditions and receive a VA chronic rhinitis rating and VA sleep apnea rating at the same time. The veteran is not entitled to an increased disability rating for allergic rhinitis symptoms during any other time period relevant to the instant appeal.

For Reservists the condition must have occurred in or resulted from an injury in the Line of Duty to qualify. 30 Rhinitis is consistent and there are certain growths in the tissues. It wont be much unless you get a specific diagnosis for Wegeners granulomatosis lethal midline granuloma which is a type of cancer. A 100 rating provides for monthly benefits of 2471.

Entitlement to an initial 10 percent disability rating for allergic rhinitis prior to January 7 2013 GRANTED rating in excess of 10 percent starting January 7 2013 DENIED Citation Nr. A rating of 100 percent shall continue beyond the cessation of any surgical X-ray antineoplastic chemotherapy or other therapeutic procedure. Sinus Disabilities Could Cause Secondary Conditions Though most sinus conditions will not come with a high rating it is vital for Veterans to consider their secondary conditions. VA Disability Ratings for Rhinitis.

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. We use your disability rating to determine how much disability compensation youll receive each month as well as your eligibility for other VA benefits. There isnt a 0 rating listed under Allergic Rhinitis on the rating schedule. A 30 percent disability rating is the maximum rating permitted for allergic rhinitis under Diagnostic Code 6522.

We assign you a disability rating based on the severity of your service-connected condition. If a veteran currently has a diagnosed service connected disability and believes they have other symptoms or conditions caused or aggravated by the service connected disability then those conditions can be rated the same as if it had happened in military service. There are two percentages. Heart Disease Sleep Apnea.

If you have multiple disability ratings we use them to calculate your combined VA disability rating. Rhinitis is a known aggravator of sleep apnea. VA rates chronic sinusitis under 38 CFR 497 according to the General Rating Formula for Sinusitis Diagnostic Codes 6510 through 6514. 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.

Allergic rhinitis can warrant a 30 percent rating but only if the Veteran suffers from polyps. Rhinitis is under the respiratory system according to the VA. The Increase for Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis took about 5 months with Sleep Apnea being deferred - the VA granted an increase in Asthma to 60 and an increase in Allergic Rhinitis to 10.