The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for chronic liver damage and to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic infectious hepatitis residuals. The veteran was diagnosed with infectious hepatitis during active service, but there is no evidence of current chronic liver damage or chronic infectious hepatitis residuals.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence to establish a current disability related to the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic liver damage, infectious hepatitis residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0014448
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic liver damage, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his active military service. The Board also found that hepatitis C did not have its onset during service and is unlikely related to any events in service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examination provided for the Veteran's chronic liver damage was inadequate and remanded to obtain a new opinion. The Veteran is seeking service connection for his chronic liver damage, which he claims is related to his hepatitis C.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to obtain a medical opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's liver disability, including hepatitis B, C, and chronic liver damage. The examiner must consider the transmissibility and symptomatology of both hepatitis B and hepatitis C, as well as the Veteran's pre-service risk factors (tattoos and unsafe sexual activity) and post-service risk factors (intranasal and intravenous drug use).
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C is denied as he has not been diagnosed with the condition during the appeal period. The Board finds that a VA examination is needed to address his chronic liver damage.
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