The VA examiner found that the veteran has a history of yellow jaundice and hepatitis during service, which resolved without residuals. The claim is granted as the evidence does not establish any etiological link between current conditions and service.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report provided medical opinion supporting the resolution of the condition in service with no residual effects.
- Claimed conditions
- yellow jaundice, infectious hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0819742
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for liver disease, to include infectious hepatitis is granted. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) due to inextricably intertwined with his rating decision on service connection.
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