The Veteran's suborbital neuralgia is rated at 30 percent, the highest available rating under Diagnostic Code 8205 for moderate to severe incomplete paralysis.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrates that the Veteran suffers from severe and chronic pain due to her suborbital neuralgia, which meets the criteria for a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- suborbital neuralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2016
- Citation
- 1646639
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