The Board has granted service connection for narcolepsy with cataplexy and hypertension as secondary to narcolepsy. The Veteran is also awarded an initial compensable rating (10%) for GERD prior to March 17, 2016, and in excess of 10 percent thereafter.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the finding that the Veteran's narcolepsy with cataplexy was first manifested during service and is at least as likely as not secondary to her hypertension. The Board has granted staged ratings for GERD based on the severity of symptoms over time.
- Claimed conditions
- narcolepsy with cataplexy, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1802104
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