Daily fatigue, malaise, and anorexia, with minor weight loss and hepatomegaly, or; incapacitating episodes (with symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, arthralgia, and right upper quadrant pain) having a total duration of at least four weeks, but less than six weeks, during the past 12-month period	40
Daily fatigue, malaise, and anorexia (without weight loss or hepatomegaly), requiring dietary restriction or continuous medication, or; incapacitating episodes (with symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, arthralgia, and right upper quadrant pain) having a total duration of at least two weeks, but less than four weeks, during the past 12-month period	20
Intermittent fatigue, malaise, and anorexia, or; incapacitating episodes (with symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, arthralgia, and right upper quadrant pain) having a total duration of at least one week, but less than two weeks, during the past 12-month period	10
NonsymptomaticYou can and should appeal the 0% rating if you feel that your symptoms are more than just non symptomatic. Now is the time for that appeal rather than a whole new claim for increase. If you are satisfied with the 0% then don’t do anything. However, if you are like me and about 80% of the rest of the male population, you are probably macho and don’t admit to fatigue, mental fog or some of the other symptoms of this illness. Just be honest with yourself so you don’t step on your necktie. I’m glad you haven’t started to suffer like some of the more advanced cases we encounter. By now, most guys from the RVN conflict are getting further along with the disease and reaching Stage 3 or 4. Stay as healthy as you can and again, congratulations. It’s good to see a win at any %. You are now one of the lucky 15% who have prevailed against a stacked deck.	0

THAT is GREAT news !!!

Getting the SC is the toughest part …

Congratulations on your decision.

Good deal on the sc … your right, it’s the biggest hurdle to jump.   My husband very recently received sc for HepC after an almost 8 year battle.  Unfortunately, it toolk going all the way toThe Board of Veterans Appeals who finally made the decision.

I think that if we’d had the correct information from the get-go in his c- file, the claim process may have gone a bit quicker than it did.   A perfect example to have all ducks facing the same direction and all quacking at the same time when the claims process begins.   This web-site has proved to be an extremely valuable resource in my husbands case.   He hasn’t received a rating as of yet however, we expect it soon.  I wish you the best and continued positive health and well-being.

Patrick …

Bravo to you for going through the process of treatment.   It’s very rough, my husband did 2  –  48 week series and 1 – 26 weeks – yep, you read that correctly ….122 weeks total of the juice.   He’s a non-responder and in Stage 4 now but heck it staved off the virus while he was on treatment and his liver had a short term vacation and some RnR.  Miserably so, he had a rough time but made it through ~ somehow.  He’s a brave man and I admire his courage.

As you fa-nagel through the claim process, be sure to keep your ducks all going the same direction, read up on everything you can about filing your claim and be certain to have that all important Nexus to back everything up.    Quite possibly, you already have done all of this and I offer sincere congratulations for following the ever so tender VA protocol ~ and this message will perhaps serve as a guide for the next Veteran who files a claim.   It’s information gathered and shared that helps the next Veteran.   All those who went before us helped us along the way and we are very appreciative, especially to the HCVets  family and friends.   This is a superb group of folks who have paved the way for those who follow.

You have a good positive attitude and I wish you the best … in your health and your claim.