Burn-Pit Sinus and Rhinitis Claims the VA Now Presumes

Yes, the VA now presumes chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis for burn-pit veterans under the PACT Act, so you skip proving service caused them. Rhinitis and sinusitis are two separate ratings most veterans wrongly file as one.

Host River breaks down both diagnostic codes with co-hosts Erica, Lewis, and Isabella. Rhinitis (Diagnostic Code 6522) is rated on nasal obstruction and polyps, while sinusitis (Diagnostic Codes 6510 through 6514) is rated on how many incapacitating and non-incapacitating flare-ups you log in a year. We walk the exact tiers, the legal meaning of an incapacitating episode, and the documentation that turns a miserable decade into a real monthly check.

In this video:

• Why rhinitis and sinusitis are two separate VA ratings, not one
• The DC 6522 obstruction and polyp tiers for 10% and 30%
• The sinusitis episode-count formula for 0%, 10%, 30%, and 50%
• What incapacitating legally means and why it changes your claim
• How the PACT Act presumption erases the hardest part of the claim
• The service eras and locations that open the presumption
• How two ratings combine with VA math instead of simple addition

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