Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for anosmia based on the complete loss of sense of smell related to service-connected sinusitis and rhinitis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's anosmia was found to have a pathological basis, as it is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected sinusitis and rhinitis.
- Claimed conditions
- anosmia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016463
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