The veteran's liver disorder, diagnosed as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, was found to have begun during service and is therefore granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established a current diagnosis of chronic liver disease that began during service.
- Claimed conditions
- non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2005
- Citation
- 0511895
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a back disability, right knee disability, obstructive sleep apnea, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and obesity.,However, the Veteran's claim for service connection for obesity is denied as it does not result in functional impairment independent of her other service-connected disabilities.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal seeking increased ratings for various conditions, including peripheral neuropathy and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection due to procedural defects in their claims.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis as there was no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicides or contaminated water, and the conditions were not shown to be related to the Veteran's military service.
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