The Veteran's service-connected residuals of post-operative pituitary adenoma are rated at 40 percent due to polyuria with near-continuous thirst and one or more episodes of dehydration in the past year not requiring parenteral hydration.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran experiences polyuria with near-continuous thirst and one or more episodes of dehydration, which meets the criteria for a 40 percent rating under DC 7909.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, post-operative pituitary adenoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0910960
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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