The Board denied service connection for hepatitis B with cirrhosis as there is no current disability and the veteran's liver condition is attributed to alcohol abuse.
The deciding factor: The December 2004 VA examiner concluded that the veteran's acute episode of hepatitis in service resolved without recurrence, and his current cirrhosis is not due to the incident in service.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis B with cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0811561
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