The veteran's cerebrovascular accidents were not found to be related to his service-connected residuals of fractures of the right orbit and nasal bones, and he is denied an increased rating for those residuals.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's cerebrovascular accidents are not causally related to his service-connected fracture residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular accidents
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0728557
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