Liver disease (hepatitis, cirrhosis) Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II is granted due to exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Thailand. The claims for rash/skin condition and chronic hepatitis with hiatal hernia and liver disease are dismissed as the appellant withdrew them at a hearing.

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 Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, including a new VA examination to determine the current nature and etiology of the Veteran's fibromyalgia and hepatitis.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the cause of the Veteran's death, specifically his psychiatric disability and alcoholic liver cirrhosis.

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 dismissed the appeals for service connection of Hepatitis B and hypertension due to the appellant's death.

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 service-connected disabilities, including her left knee condition and right wrist condition, prevented her from obtaining and maintaining gainful employment. The Board has granted entitlement to an extraschedular total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for the entire period of appeal.

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.