Liver disease (hepatitis, cirrhosis) Board decisions

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C and porphyria cutanea tarda, finding that there is not sufficient evidence to support these claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis and epilepsy, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the hepatitis claim and denying both conditions as not incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C as there is no competent evidence of a current diagnosis.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Hepatitis B and also denied his request for an increased rating for his right knee disability. The case is being remanded to obtain SSA records related to the veteran's Social Security benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bipolar disorder, bilateral hearing loss, hepatitis C, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The decision also addressed a claim to reopen his previously denied claim for hepatitis C.

The Board finds that it is as likely as not that the veteran incurred hepatitis C with peripheral neuropathy during service, and grants service connection for these conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hepatitis C originated during his active military service in Vietnam and is granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, but it is determined that the causes of the veteran's death did not result from a disease or injury incurred in active service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's neuritis of the left side is a disability incurred during service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied service connection for prostatitis and an increased rating for chronic hepatitis, finding no evidence to support the veteran's claims.

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

The veteran requested to withdraw his appeal regarding the claims for hepatitis and diabetes mellitus. As a result, the Board has dismissed this case.

The VA has denied the veteran's claim for service connection of hepatitis C, finding no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including verifying claimed stressors and obtaining clinical records.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for a 60% evaluation for hepatitis, finding that the earliest claim was in September 1998 and no increase within one year of that date is factually ascertainable.

The Board found that the preponderance of evidence is against a finding that the veteran's current hepatitis C is linked to active duty.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence of hepatitis C during service or after service, and thus the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C, gunshot wounds to his arms, and Agent Orange exposure as a basis for presumptive service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hepatitis B resulted from post-service exposure, and not due to any in-service exposure. Therefore, service connection for hepatitis B is denied.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis or its residuals, finding no current disability and noting that there is no evidence of any chronic sequelae from a past episode of viral hepatitis in service.