The Veteran's current residuals of hepatitis, including an elevated bilirubin level, are related to service and the Board has granted service connection for these residuals.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran did have infectious hepatitis during military service but there was no evidence of any residual disability apart from the presence of an elevated bilirubin in his blood test. However, the phrasing indicated that elevated bilirubin is a disabling residual.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0929371
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of hepatitis, as there was no evidence that he had any current disability related to his in-service diagnosis of amoebic hepatitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating for hepatitis to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error and allow the AOJ to conduct additional development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for residuals of hepatitis due to a need for further development and compliance with previous remand instructions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for residuals of bilateral tibia and fibula fractures, residuals of hepatitis, and a psychiatric disability due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran. The VA will obtain additional medical records and schedule the Veteran for examinations.
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