The veteran's loss of sense of smell, anosmia, is found to be related to the multiple concussions he suffered during service and thus service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's loss of sense of smell was due to the trauma he experienced during service.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of sense of smell (anosmia), cerebral concussion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0306232
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Decisions by this judge: 106 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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