The Board has granted an increased rating to 60 percent for the veteran's service-connected residuals of abdominal trauma, status post small intestine repair and bowel resection, lysis of adhesions with temporary colostomy, cholecystectomy, and chronic hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran's service-connected conditions produce impairment equivalent to that found in hepatitis with moderate liver damage and disabling recurrent episodes of gastrointestinal disturbance, fatigue, and mental depression (i.e., the old hepatitis rating criteria for a 60 percent rating).
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Abdominal Trauma, Status Post Small Intestine Repair and Bowel Resection, Lysis of Adhesions with Temporary Colostomy, Cholecystectomy, Chronic Hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0207955
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