The Board has determined that the January 2004 rating decision which denied entitlement to service connection for hepatitis C is not final. As a result, the effective date of the grant of service connection for hepatitis C as originally determined by a December 2007 rating decision will be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not receive the April 2006 statement of the case which continued to deny service connection for hepatitis C, and thus the statutory period for submission of a substantive appeal had not expired prior to the December 2007 rating decision granting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1029835
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C and remanded the claim for a heart disability due to insufficient evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hepatitis C, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C, ulcerative colitis, lung disease, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.
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