The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claims of service connection for liver disability, hepatitis, and splenomegaly. The veteran's service records did not show any treatment or diagnosis related to these conditions during his active duty. His current symptoms were attributed to post-service medical evaluations.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service records do not contain evidence of any in-service injury or disease that could be linked to the claimed disabilities, and there is no credible evidence of continuity of symptomatology since service.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disability, hepatitis, splenomegaly
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0820240
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hepatitis C and its secondary effects on other conditions, including cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes mellitus type II, esophageal varices, hepatic encephalopathy, and splenomegaly.
- Partly granted
The Board has granted service connection for hepatitis C and secondary service connection for cirrhosis of the liver, both determined to be related to in-service hepatitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran does not have a current disability for the conditions he is seeking service connection for, and thus denied these claims. The appeal was also remanded for additional examinations related to other disabilities.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a liver disability has been dismissed due to the withdrawal by his attorney prior to the Board making a decision.
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