The Board has determined that a timely substantive appeal was perfected from the June 2003 rating decision denying service connection for chronic hepatitis C. The Veteran's claim is now on appeal and will be remanded to obtain medical opinions regarding the etiology of his chronic hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: A timely substantive appeal was submitted by the Veteran's attorney, which put the RO on notice of the Veteran's intention to seek further review of his claim for service connection for chronic hepatitis C.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1034420
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