Hepatitis C decisions — 2009

The Veteran's claims for service connection for Hepatitis C and PTSD have been denied. The claim for compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a residual disability due to treatment for prostate cancer is pending.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including a VA medical examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD does not warrant a higher than 70 percent evaluation, and his hepatitis C was not incurred in service.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for hepatitis C should be remanded for further development and consideration.

The Board has granted service connection for hepatitis C and denied service connection for a chronic lung disorder. The appellant's hepatitis C was incurred in active service, while his chronic lung disorder is not related to service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C is denied as there is no evidence linking the current condition to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as his claimed conditions are not related to his military service.

The Veteran's hepatitis C with cirrhosis was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, and a dental disability for compensation purposes is unrelated to his period of service.

The Veteran's service-connected left knee disability was granted a 10 percent rating, but the claims for service connection for osteoarthritis of the right knee and a bilateral foot disability were denied.

The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C as the evidence did not show a link between the disability and the Veteran's active military service.

The appeal of the July 1, 2002, rating decision denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is granted as the Veteran has until 60 days after the issuance of a SSOC addressing the additional evidence contained in the April 2003 VA examination to file a Substantive Appeal.

The Board found that the Veteran's hepatitis C was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim.

The appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and scheduling VA examinations.

The Veteran is to be afforded VA examinations for his claimed conditions, as the evidence of record does not provide a clear rationale for the etiology of these disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C, finding that there was no evidence linking the condition to his active duty service.

The January 2000 rating decision did not contain clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in failing to grant the appellant's claim for service connection for cause of the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was granted due to a current diagnosis of PTSD related to his combat experience in Vietnam.

The Board granted service connection for disability of the lower back, a left leg disability manifested by recurrent cramps, a right leg disability manifested by recurrent cramps, and hepatitis C.

The Board denied service connection for psoriasis, a liver disorder, hepatitis C, a thyroid nodule, residuals of asbestos exposure, residuals of exposure to ionizing radiation, residuals of herbicide exposure, and prostate cancer as the conditions were not related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against the Veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C, as it was first diagnosed many years after service and there is no competent evidence to support a causal link to service.