The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's complete loss of taste and a 10 percent rating for his complete loss of smell, finding that these conditions are significant enough to warrant such ratings based on their impact on the Veteran's daily life.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reported experiencing a complete or nearly complete loss of both taste and smell since taking an antifungal medication. Objective testing confirmed partial but measurable losses in each sense, which were deemed significant enough to meet the criteria for 10 percent ratings under Diagnostic Codes 6275 (loss of smell) and 6276 (loss of taste).
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of taste, Loss of smell
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1041491
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