The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection due to a lack of current disability related to jaundice.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of jaundice or liver disease in the claims file, and the October 2002 VA examiner found no basis for diagnosing any such disability.
- Claimed conditions
- jaundice
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0302891
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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: Granted
The Veteran's non-VA emergency medical expenses incurred on February 14, 2024 are granted as the treatment was for an emergent condition (jaundice) and a VA facility was not feasibly available.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C, jaundice, hypogeusia, and hyposmia as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal in February 2023, and the Board dismissed the case.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all service connection claims for the Veteran's hearing loss, tinnitus, low back condition, jaundice, left hip condition as secondary to a service-connected low back condition, and right hip condition as secondary to a service-connected low back condition.
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