The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, finding that there was no evidence linking the condition to his military service or to his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence of record did not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and either his military service or his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus, as the conditions were found to be less likely than not related to each other.
- Claimed conditions
- non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0908805
What this means for you
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