The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected panhypopituitarism, residual of hypophyseal cyst excision is properly rated at a 20 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7909 (diabetes insipidus), and does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disability most closely approximates the criteria for the currently assigned 20 percent rating, as evidenced by his subjective complaints of increased incidence of colds, increased thirst and urination, and decreased energy; objective findings of normal laboratory results with slightly elevated creatinine, normal urinalysis; normal free T4; and an MRI revealing multiple hypodensities within a normal sized pituitary gland.
- Claimed conditions
- panhypopituitarism, residual of hypophyseal cyst excision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2002
- Citation
- 0200474
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