Service connection for rhinitis is granted. A rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic sinusitis is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran has a current diagnosis of rhinitis; it is at least as likely as not that the…

Board reasoning

The Board found rhinitis is proximately due to or the result of the service-connected sinusitis, resolving reasonable doubt in the claimant's favor, and granted service connection for rhinitis. For sinusitis, the Board weighed examinations and treatment evidence, concluding the disability most closely resembled a 10% rating during the period on appeal because there were no three or more incapacitating episodes or more than six non-incapacitating episodes per year, and thus denied a higher rating. The Board noted the May 2021, December 2021, and January 2022 exam findings and treatment history, aligning the rating with DC 6514 thresholds and applying the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine where appropriate.