Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for GERD and service connection for tension headaches, secondary to tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus caused his tension headaches, leading to their grant on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Tension Headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017498
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