The Veteran's hepatitis B with gastritis is rated at 30 percent, the maximum allowed under current rating criteria. The decision grants this initial disability rating but does not address any issues related to increased ratings or other service connection matters.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's gastritis symptomatology more closely approximates the criteria for a 30 percent rating, which is the maximum allowed under current rating criteria for chronic hypertrophic gastritis with multiple small eroded or ulcerated areas and symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis B, Gastritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2024
- Citation
- A24035565
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