The Board granted service connection for diabetes as secondary to organic brain syndrome, and assigned a 10 percent rating. It also granted service connection for residuals of a fracture of the left orbit, an injury of the left trigeminal nerve, and a postoperative subdural hematoma, all rated at 10 percent each.
The deciding factor: The veteran's diabetes was found to be aggravated by his service-connected organic brain syndrome. The injuries to the left orbit and trigeminal nerve were not productive of any functional impairment or disfigurement, while the subdural hematoma did not result in additional functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes, fracture of the left orbit, injury of the left trigeminal nerve, postoperative subdural hematoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0105351
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