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Binge Eating Disorder - Pyramid or Separate Rating?
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DisplacedCoastieinCanada
Hi there, everyone! I'm hoping I posted this in the correct place. I have a question regarding a claim I am thinking about submitting in the near future. Here are my current rated disabilities before I start:
80% total service connected disability based on the following:
70% service-connected for Major Depression/Generalized Anxiety
40% back injury
0% Binge Eating Disorder (I can't seem to pull up my rated disability on the Ebenefits site right now, but I recall I was rated at 0% since the CL&P examiner believed I might have a problem with binge-eating, but I do not think I was aiming to claim it at that time, so it was rated at 0% in case I need to pursue it later.)
Here's my questions:
If I successfully prove that I have Binge Eating Disorder, will this be a separate rating, or would it be lumped onto my Depression/Anxiety rating? I thought I read somewhere that it might be lumped. If it is lumped, would my Depression/Anxiety rating possibly increase, or would I essentially just be submitting a claim without any hope of compensation? To be quite honest, it is a very long and expensive trip for me to get down to the US for these exams, so I have to strongly weigh cost versus benefits in these decisions.
My 2nd question is whether anyone has experience claiming acid reflux/GERD as a condition that was began due to eating disorders? I developed acid reflux during my time in service, but I am not currently rated for it. I believe it was caused from binging and purging to maintain weight standards. Unforunately, the binging has continued throughout the years, with sporadic episodes of purging that I believe have caused my acid reflux to increase in severity.
Thank you very much!
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Displaced You can't receive a new disability if you are receiving benefits for conditions that are already compensated for; it is called pyramiding. I would expect your eating disorder is rated as a m
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Unless something has changed An eating disorder is the only separate mental health rating a veteran can be granted. So the veteran can have a rated mental health disorder and a rated eating disorder d
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