The Board has determined that the veteran's infectious hepatitis does not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation, as there are no findings corresponding with the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7345.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of intermittent fatigue, malaise, or anorexia, and no incapacitating episodes have been demonstrated in the veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- Infectious Hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2005
- Citation
- 0517760
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