The Board has granted service connection for ageusia, finding it a qualifying chronic disability under the provisions of the PACT Act and that its etiology is partially understood.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's ageusia was found to be a diagnosable chronic multisymptom illness with partially explained etiology and inconclusive pathophysiology, constituting a MUCMI (Medically Unexplained Chronic Multisymptom Illness).
- Claimed conditions
- ageusia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22059251
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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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- Granted
The Veteran is granted a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities and is also granted SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's ageusia (complete loss of the sense of taste) is granted with a 10 percent evaluation prior to June 14, 2021. The issue of service connection for a neck disability remains remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for anosmia (loss of sense of smell) and ageusia (loss of sense of taste), finding that the Veteran's conditions were not caused by VA treatment with simvastatin.
- Partly granted
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