The Board found that the veteran's service-connected HIV-related illness does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent, as his T4 cell count was below 200 and he did not have refractory constitutional symptoms or development of AIDS-related opportunistic infection or neoplasm.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the competent and objective medical evidence demonstrated that the veteran's HIV-related illness did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, as his T4 cell count was below 200 and he did not have refractory constitutional symptoms or development of AIDS-related opportunistic infection or neoplasm.
- Claimed conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-related illness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0609035
What this means for you
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