Liver disease (hepatitis, cirrhosis) decisions — 2007

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

The Board has ordered the case remanded due to incomplete records and a need for further examination. The veteran's claims for service connection for appendectomy residuals and hepatitis C will be reconsidered after obtaining additional medical evidence.

The veteran's claims for a compensable rating for hepatitis B and service connection for hepatitis C are being remanded due to the inadequacy of the March 2003 VA examination report. Further evaluation is needed, including an assessment of the current severity of his hepatitis B and the etiology of his hepatitis C.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of evidence linking his current conditions to his military service.

The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis for the claimed conditions and determined that they were not incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for back disability, sleep apnea, prostatitis, hepatitis C, and skin cancer. The appeals were not about service connection at all.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not due to a service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board found that the veteran's Crohn's disease and hepatitis C are not service-connected, with no new evidence provided to reopen the claim for Crohn's disease.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have chronic fatigue syndrome and his hepatitis B has not resulted in demonstrable liver damage or significant symptomatology. Therefore, neither service connection nor an initial compensable rating for hepatitis B is warranted.

The Board has granted service connection for hepatitis with a 10 percent rating effective July 2, 2001. The veteran's symptoms of intermittent fatigue and arthralgia are considered in determining the appropriate disability evaluation.

The Board has determined that the evidence submitted is not new and material to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for Hepatitis B and C.

The veteran does not have hepatitis C as a result of his military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hepatitis C was not incurred during active military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have any of the claimed conditions due to service, and thus denied all claims for service connection.

The veteran's appeal regarding the effective date for a 10% rating for his service-connected hepatitis B was dismissed as he did not file a timely Substantive Appeal.

The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, which was related to his service-connected PTSD. The DIC claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 is dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's hepatitis C was not related to service and denied his claim.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including providing the required notice under Kent v. Nicholson and obtaining SSA records.

The Board has determined that the appellant's hepatitis C does not warrant a rating higher than 20 percent, as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7354.