The Veteran's biliary cirrhosis was not incurred in or aggravated by active service, is not presumed to have had its onset during service, and is not secondary to a service-connected disability. The Board finds that the evidence does not support the conclusion that the Veteran's biliary cirrhosis had its onset in service, within one year of service, or was secondary to her service-connected bipolar disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found no evidence linking the Veteran's primary biliary cirrhosis to her service-connected bipolar disorder or medications used for treatment thereof. The examiner also noted that the liver disease was likely compensated as a result of treatment and did not show any basis for finding a chronic worsening or increase in severity due to the service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- biliary cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0921783
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