The Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C is found to be the cause of his current hemangioma and bilateral Achilles tendon rupture. His non-Hodgkin lymphoma has been granted with a 0% evaluation, effective February 25, 2008.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the Veteran's hemangioma and bilateral Achilles tendon ruptures is granted as secondary to his service-connected hepatitis C.
- Claimed conditions
- hemangioma, bilateral Achilles tendon rupture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1128804
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