The veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of infectious hepatitis, including a liver condition and swelling of both the right and left legs, as well as for supraventricular tachycardia (claimed as a heart condition), are being remanded to allow for further development.,Additional private medical records from Dr. Fewell dating back to the veteran's time of retirement are needed.
The deciding factor: The claims require additional evidence from private physicians and VA attempts to obtain these records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of infectious hepatitis, supraventricular tachycardia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0822661
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