The Board has determined that the veteran's current chronic hepatitis is not related to his in-service hepatitis infection, and thus service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of a nexus between the veteran's in-service hepatitis infection and his current chronic hepatitis. The veteran's claim is barred due to drug abuse as the cause of his in-service infection.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0614576
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