The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for hepatitis C virus (HCV). The Veteran's current diagnosis of HCV is supported by recent lab reports and prison medical records, and there is a possibility that it may be linked to air-gun inoculations. However, further development is needed to confirm the etiology of the condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the last denial includes new diagnoses and potential risk factors for HCV, which raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C Virus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2012
- Citation
- 1221164
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What this means for you
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