The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for Hepatitis B, finding that her service-connected condition has been non-symptomatic throughout the appeal period and does not meet the criteria for a 10 percent disability rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not reflect any incapacitating episodes or periods of acute signs and symptoms severe enough to require bed rest and treatment by a physician due to hepatitis or chronic liver disease, except for one day visit in June 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis B
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183716
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