The Board has granted service connection for loss of sense of taste secondary to service-connected sinusitis, effective June 30, 2014. The rating assigned is 10 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established on a secondary basis as the Veteran's loss of sense of taste is related to his service-connected sinusitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of Sense of Taste, Loss of Sense of Smell
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1758827
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