The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of acute hepatitis, including gastroesophageal reflux disease and history of hepatic cyst, warrant a 30 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The symptoms more closely approximate the severity required for a 30 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7345, which requires minimal liver damage with associated fatigue, anxiety, and gastrointestinal disturbance necessitating dietary restriction or other therapeutic measures.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute infectious hepatitis, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, History of hepatic cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0005768
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