The Veteran's heat exhaustion and residual heat intolerance are manifested by subjective complaints such as headaches, nausea, and dizziness. The Board has determined that a compensable evaluation of 10 percent is appropriate under Diagnostic Codes 8045-9304 for these symptoms.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's disability is characterized by purely subjective complaints following trauma (headaches and dizziness) recognized as symptomatic of brain trauma, which are not combined with any other rating for a disability due to brain trauma. The compensable evaluation under Diagnostic Codes 8045-9304 reflects the severity of these symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Heat exhaustion, Residual heat intolerance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 1, 2009
- Citation
- 0920330
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