Citation Nr: 21001993 Decision Date: 01/12/21 Archive Date: 01/12/21 DOCKET NO. 05-01 463 DATE: January 12, 2021 REMANDED Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for sinusitis is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from March 1988 to June 1994. This matter came before the Board of Veterans Appeals (Board) on appeal from June 2004, October 2011 and August 2012 rating decisions of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO). The Veteran testified before the undersigned Veteran’s Law Judge during an August 2018 hearing. The transcript of the hearing is of record. The Veteran’s July 2013 VA Form 9 also appealed the issue of service connected for depression. However, a March 2018 rating decision granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with depression. As this constituted a complete grant of the benefit sought on appeal, it is not before the Board. A July 2019 Board decision granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for rheumatoid arthritis of the bilateral wrists and hips and remanded the issue of an increased rating for sinusitis for further development. The decision dismissed the remaining issues on appeal as withdrawn at the hearing. 1. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for sinusitis is remanded. The AOJ last adjudicated the issue on appeal in a September 2020 SOC. Since that time, additional VA treatment records have been added to the claim file. A waiver of AOJ review was not submitted for those records. Accordingly, remand is necessary for the AOJ to consider the new evidence of record and issue an SSOC. The matters are REMANDED for the following action: The AOJ should review the record and readjudicate the issue on appeal. If it remains denied, the case should be returned to the Board after compliance with appellate procedures. E. I. VELEZ Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board A. Arnold, Associate Counsel The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.