The Board found that the veteran did not have a blood transfusion during service and concluded that his liver disorder, status post liver transplant, is not related to any inservice blood transfusions. Therefore, he does not have legal entitlement to service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There was no credible evidence of a blood transfusion occurring during the veteran's active service.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disorder, status post liver transplant, bilateral cataracts, immune system disorder with calcium breakdown, acquired psychiatric disorder (major depression)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0010322
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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