The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's residuals of malaria and secondary service connection for his status post liver transplant as a residual of exposure to herbicides. The case was remanded due to incomplete records, but no further development is required now.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established directly without any presumption or secondary theory.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of malaria, status post liver transplant
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0603302
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Decisions by this judge: 1,377 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for residuals of malaria and a TDIU are remanded due to lack of substantial compliance with the Board's previous instructions. The claim for an initial compensable rating for residuals of malaria is remanded for another VA examination, while the TDIU claim is remanded in conjunction with the malaria rating issue.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to March 18, 2019 due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The medical evidence did not support his claim of being unable to work due to these conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin condition is denied as there is no current diagnosis of a skin disorder.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of malaria is denied as there is no current diagnosis of malaria residuals.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all increased rating claims and the special monthly compensation claim due to the Veteran's death.
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