The Board finds that the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 19, 1999 for the grant of service connection for carcinoma of the liver is denied. The April 1996 CT scan did not show malignancy and was not related to the subsequent diagnosis of carcinoma of the liver in May 1999.
The deciding factor: The earliest informal claim for residual of radiation exposure following the last final rating decision in August 1994 that denied service connection for residuals of radiation exposure is January 19, 1999, during which testing was undertaken resulting in the diagnosis of liver cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma of the liver
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0125771
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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