Hepatitis C decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete development of records and failure to obtain addendum medical opinions. The issues include back disability, hepatitis C, brain disability (manifested by cognitive issues), and psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's hepatitis C was granted a 10 percent disability rating effective March 28, 2022. The appeal for higher ratings is denied.

Your appeal for service connection for hepatitis C has been dismissed because you did not file a timely VA Form 9 within the required time frame.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding his hepatitis C, tinnitus, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right foot disability, and back disability.

The Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from March 2, 2012, to April 25, 2012. The Board has remanded the issue of an extraschedular TDIU prior to March 2, 2012.

The appeal for service connection of hepatitis C is dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate this claim as the appellant died during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran's hepatitis C and prostate condition claims are both under review. The hepatitis C claim has been denied, while the prostate condition claim is being remanded for further evaluation.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a liver condition, including hepatitis B and C, is remanded due to inadequate examination. The examiner must consider all risk factors in service and provide an opinion on the etiology of any diagnosed liver disorder.

The Board denied service connection for Hepatitis C, bilateral foot disability, and varicose veins as there was no evidence of a current disability or a link to service.

The Veteran's hepatitis C claim is being remanded for further development, and the TDIU claim is also being remanded due to its inextricability with the hepatitis C claim.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's hepatitis C and its relationship to his military service, specifically exposure at Camp Lejeune. The appeal is reopened based on new evidence.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hepatitis C is related to his active-duty service, warranting service connection. The claim is granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in an inability to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and therefore denied his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 15, 2014 for the service-connected acquired psychiatric disability is denied.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for a colon cancer disability, lung cancer disability (secondary to colon cancer), and respiratory disability (secondary to colon cancer) are remanded due to insufficient evidence addressing their etiology.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, sciatic nerve disability, and hepatitis C disability is not addressed in this decision.

The Veteran's cause of death is unknown and not service-connected. The Board denied DIC based on service connection for the cause of death as there was no evidence linking the cause of death to service.

The Board has remanded both hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the liver claims due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the in-service exposure.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment during the period September 27, 2014 to March 1, 2015.

The Board has remanded the claims for hepatitis C and a joint disease disability, as well as eligibility for NSC pension benefits prior to March 19, 2021, and special monthly pension (SMP), due to deficiencies in the medical opinions provided.

The Board has granted service connection for Hepatitis C and liver cancer, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to service. The decision resolves all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded the issues of rating excess of 20 percent for lumbar spine disability and hepatitis C.