The Veteran's claim for service connection for jaundice and residuals of hepatitis C, status post liver transplant is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The examiner will be needed to provide an opinion on whether any present jaundice or residuals of hepatitis C are likely to be related to any injury or disease in service.
- Claimed conditions
- jaundice, residuals of hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1008998
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for a rating in excess of 0 percent for hepatitis C and service connection for nephrosclerosis, renal disease (claimed as chronic kidney disease) due to the appellant's death.
- Granted
The Veteran's non-VA emergency medical expenses incurred on February 14, 2024 are granted as the treatment was for an emergent condition (jaundice) and a VA facility was not feasibly available.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C, jaundice, hypogeusia, and hyposmia as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal in February 2023, and the Board dismissed the case.
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