The Veteran's hepatitis C infection has been manifested by subjective complaints of fatigue and anorexia, but does not require dietary restriction or continuous medication, resulting in no incapacitating episodes. The current rating of 10 percent is appropriate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher schedular rating as they do not result in incapacitating episodes with total duration of at least two weeks and do not require dietary restriction or continuous medication.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1017475
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