The Board denied service connection for the veteran's enucleation of the right eye, residuals of a right shoulder injury, and residuals of a fractured left forearm, facial bones, and ribs as secondary to hepatitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support service connection for these conditions as being related to hepatitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Enucleation of the right eye, Residuals of a right shoulder injury, Residuals of a fractured left forearm, facial bones and ribs
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0528205
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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