The Board finds that there is an etiological relationship between the Veteran's diagnosed hepatitis C and his current diagnosis of anemia, with the treatment for hepatitis C exacerbating his anemia. Therefore, service connection for anemia as secondary to hepatitis C is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the treatment for hepatitis C has caused or exacerbated the Veteran's anemia.
- Claimed conditions
- anemia, hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1046312
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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
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral pes planus, anemia, and gastritis as the conditions were not shown to be related to or aggravated by service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C and remanded the claim for a heart disability due to insufficient evidence.
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