The Veteran's service-connected vertigo and post-concussive headaches have been granted initial compensable ratings of 10% and 30%, respectively, effective from August 9, 2007. The Veteran's motion sickness claim is pending.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the assignment of initial compensable ratings for vertigo (10%) and post-concussive headaches (30%), based on the frequency and severity of symptoms reported by the Veteran and documented in medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-concussive Headaches, Vertigo/Labrynithitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1501117
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