The Board found that the veteran does not have current residuals of hepatitis, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no current disability involving active hepatitis or residuals of a former episode of hepatitis in the veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0636332
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of hepatitis, as there was no evidence that he had any current disability related to his in-service diagnosis of amoebic hepatitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating for hepatitis to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error and allow the AOJ to conduct additional development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for residuals of hepatitis due to a need for further development and compliance with previous remand instructions.
- Granted
The veteran's current residuals of hepatitis A and B are related to service.
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