The Board has granted an initial evaluation of 10 percent for weight gain, secondary to prescribed Feldene (Peroxicam), effective from March 1999. The veteran experiences fatigability and fluctuating weight gain as a result of the medication.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports that the veteran's current symptoms of weight gain and fatigue are due to the in-service overdose of Feldene, which is service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- Weight gain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0304523
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Decisions by this judge: 1,175 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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