The Veteran's GERD, headaches, and Meniere's disease have been granted initial ratings. The GERD is rated at 30 percent; the headaches are rated at 10 percent prior to March 30, 2016 and in excess of 10 percent thereafter; and the Meniere's disease is rated at 60 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms for GERD resulted in considerable impairment of health. For headaches, he experienced characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average once every two months. For Meniere's disease, he had attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring from one to four times a month.
- Claimed conditions
- GERD, Headaches, Meniere's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1730068
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