Liver disease (hepatitis, cirrhosis) decisions — 2007

The Board found no evidence that the veteran's hepatitis C was incurred in service and denied his claim.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a VA examination to determine if the veteran's hepatitis C is related to service. The claim will be readjudicated after this development.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and arranging examinations to address the veteran's claims.

The Board has determined that there is no competent evidence of hepatitis C during service or for decades thereafter, and no competent evidence of a nexus between the veteran's current hepatitis C diagnosis and his military service. Therefore, service connection for hepatitis C is not established.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected hepatitis C did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating based on intermittent fatigue, malaise, and anorexia or incapacitating episodes.

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

The Board finds that the evidence supports a grant of service connection for hepatitis C, which was incurred during active duty.

The Board found that the veteran's hepatitis does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under either the previous or amended schedular criteria, as there is no evidence of minimal liver damage, daily fatigue, malaise, or anorexia. The preponderance of the evidence against this claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hepatitis C is not related to his active service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's active duty service meets the threshold requirement for nonservice-connected pension benefits due to wartime service. Further development is needed on whether he qualifies for such benefits and on his claim for hepatitis C service connection.

The Board found no evidence that the veteran's hepatitis C was incurred in service and denied his claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hepatitis C was likely caused by receiving contaminated blood during a transfusion at VA facilities prior to 1992, and this event was not reasonably foreseeable. Therefore, compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C, PTSD, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and multiple myeloma due to a lack of diagnosed conditions. The appeals were not about Agent Orange exposure.

The veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C was denied. However, his claim for an initial compensable evaluation for residuals of a postoperative left inguinal hernia was granted with a 10% disability rating.

The veteran's hepatitis C is presumed to have been incurred in service, and his anemia is presumed to be related to herbicide exposure. The VA has granted service connection for both conditions.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for his coronary artery bypass graft, arteriosclerotic occlusive peripheral vascular disease, bilateral carotid endarterectomies, and hepatitis C were denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for higher disability ratings under VA rating criteria.

The veteran's hepatitis B with cirrhosis did not warrant a disability rating higher than 30 percent between February 2001 and April 2002, the effective date of his 100% rating.

The Board has granted service connection for hepatitis B and denied service connection for right renal cell carcinoma, finding the latter not to be related to exposure to Agent Orange during service.

The Board has determined that the veteran was not involved in a plane crash while in service, and therefore, his claims for chest pain, bilateral knee disorder, head injury, breathing problems, dental trauma, scars of the head, face, knee, and ears, hepatitis A, fracture of nose, digestive disorder, scarring of lung, and post-traumatic stress disorder are all denied.,The veteran's service medical records do not show any mention of a plane crash or other traumatic injury. The separation examination did not indicate any chronic conditions related to the claimed disabilities.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C and reflux disease, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between these conditions and his military service.