Liver disease (hepatitis, cirrhosis) decisions — 2008
765 indexed Board decisions in 2008.
Badges describe the whole decision, not the outcome for every condition listed. An appeal can grant one issue and deny or remand another. Check the original decision for each issue; these outcomes do not predict your claim.
- Whole decision: DeniedJanuary 2008
The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the appellant's claim of service connection for the cause of her husband's death, which resulted from carbon monoxide poisoning due to suicide.
- Whole decision: DeniedJanuary 2008
The Board has determined that the veteran's hepatitis C was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim.
- Whole decision: GrantedJanuary 2008
The Board has granted service connection for aortic stenosis and aortic insufficiency, finding that the medical evidence is at least in equipoise regarding the veteran's current diagnosis of valvular heart disease. The issue of an increased rating for hepatitis C remains pending.
- Whole decision: DeniedJanuary 2008
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for cirrhosis of the liver as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus and a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not support finding that the cirrhosis was caused or aggravated by the diabetes.
- Whole decision: DeniedJanuary 2008
The Board found that the veteran's hepatitis C was not incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service and denied the claim.
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