The Board previously denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to lack of evidence linking his Hepatitis B and C or hepatocellular carcinoma to service. New evidence does not provide a basis for reopening the claim.
The deciding factor: No new, material evidence has been provided that links the Veteran's Hepatitis B and C or hepatocellular carcinoma to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis B and C, Hepatocellular carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1233842
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- Remanded (sent back)
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