The veteran's irritable bowel syndrome, essential hypertension, and left renal calculus are presumed to have been incurred during service. The right visual field defect as a postoperative residual of the right orbital cavernous hemangioma is assigned a 10 percent rating. A separate compensable rating for Horner's syndrome associated with the right orbital cavernous hemangioma is granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran's irritable bowel syndrome, essential hypertension, and left renal calculus are presumed to have been incurred during service due to their onset or development within one year of discharge from service. The right visual field defect as a postoperative residual of the right orbital cavernous hemangioma is assigned a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6080 (unilateral loss of visual field in the nasal half). A separate compensable rating for Horner's syndrome associated with the right orbital cavernous hemangioma is granted due to its presence and not being combined with other ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- irritable bowel syndrome, essential hypertension, left renal calculus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 3, 2001
- Citation
- 0117707
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