VA denied the veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for arterial hypertension, migraine headache with post-traumatic exacerbation, PTSD, peptic ulcer disease and hepatitis C, right shoulder pain, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, facial and scalp rash, and sinusitis and rhinitis.,VA denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder pain, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, facial and scalp rash, and sinusitis and rhinitis. However, VA granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 10 percent evaluation effective August 1, 2000.,VA denied the veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for peptic ulcer disease and hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.,The evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes. Additionally, VA granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 10 percent evaluation effective August 1, 2000.,The evidence did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- arterial hypertension, migraine headache with post-traumatic exacerbation, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), peptic ulcer disease (PUD), hepatitis C, right shoulder pain, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, facial and scalp rash, sinusitis and rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2004
- Citation
- 0411685
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