VA - (1.5 Mos. Post-Separation) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Autoimmune Hepatitis | 7345 | 20% | Autoimmune Hepatitis | 7345 | 20% | 20070306 | |
Osteopenia secondary to steroid prescription | Not Unfitting | Osteomalacia Associated with Autoimmune Hepatitis | 5014 | 10% | 20070306 | ||
Other x 0 | 20070306 | ||||||
Combined: 30% |
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01576
IAW the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD), a 40% rating would require “Daily fatigue, malaise, and anorexia, with minor weight loss and hepatomegaly” or “incapacitating episodes having a total duration of at least four weeks, but less than six weeks, during the past 12 month period.” Since the treatment record did not show sufficient evidence of these findings, the Board has no basis to recommend a rating higher than 30%, at the time of initial placement on TDRL.On 7...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01958
The chronic active hepatitis b condition, characterized as chronic active hepatitis B infectivity with mild chronic hepatitis on pathology was forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW SECNAVINST 1850.4E.Two other conditions, in the rating chart below, were also identified and forwarded by the MEB. Chronic Active Hepatitis B Condition. Physical Disability Board of Review
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-02686
RATING COMPARISON : FPEB – 20070720VA Rating Decision 1 - 20051213TDRL Placement – 20050516Code RatingConditionCodeRating Proximate ConditionTDRLPlacementTDRL RemovalTDRL 2 TDRL 2 Removal Hepatitis B7312/734530%0%Cirrhosis of the Liver with Hepatitis B7312100%100%Other x 0 (Not in Scope)Other x 0 RATING: 30% → 0%RATING: 10% 1. The examiner noted the CI was not receiving any current treatment and reported no incapacitation from the condition.The exam was normal, without signs of liver...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00246
The VA chose to code it as a single condition with the cushingoid steroid complications and rate it according to the 7907 Cushing’s syndrome criteria. Other Conditions . In the matter of the Cushing’s condition, the Board voted 2:1 to recommend it as an additionally unfitting condition for separation rating; coded 7907 and rated 30% IAW VASRD §4.120.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00268
The medical basis for the separation was acute intermittent and chronic right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain with onset in 2004 following complications of a liver biopsy to stage chronic active Hepatitis C. The CI was referred to the PEB which recessed until hepatitis C therapy was completed. You have taken several medications for pain and nausea. The VA rated the Jan 07 exam as meeting the criteria for " near constant debilitating symptoms causing chronic fatigue, weight loss due to...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00263
The CI then medically separated with a 20% disability rating. Hepatitis C Condition . The CI had “chronic fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and arthralgia” which the gastroenterologist considered “a very disabling problem for this patient.” The CI had subjective complaint of right upper quadrant pain with a normal abdominal (non-tender) exam.
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00168
Flare ups were accompanied by abdominal pain in the right upper and lower quadrants, without identifiable triggers.On examination the CI was noted to be in no distress and the examination of the abdomen was non-tender. The Board undertook a careful review of the treatment records and noted the report of constant abdominal pain in every entry; however, clinical examinations noted no distress during physical exams, and examination of the abdomen was generally reported as normal. Service...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01344
SEPARATION DATE: 20040722 Both the PEB and VA rated the DLE condition at 10% analogously coded 7809-7806. Covered skin was not susceptible to rash.
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01545
A 10% rating requires the symptoms to be “mild” and a higher rating of 30%, requires the condition to be “severe”.The Board unanimously agreed that well-established medical principles documents that the upper abdominal pain with diarrhea and episodic elevation of liver enzymes is a known consequence of cholecystectomy and that this may occur acutely or at distant interval after surgery unrelated to known stimuli.The Board unanimously agreed that, based on acceptable medical practice, the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2006 | 20060009512
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 6 February 2007 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20060009512 I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual. x The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant was released from active duty on 30 July 1992 based on physical disability and he was placed on...