The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability related to his in-service hepatitis A infection, and therefore, service connection for hepatitis A is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no positive medical opinion linking the Veteran's current symptoms to his in-service hepatitis A infection.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis A
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1244139
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an error in providing notice of a pre-decisional hearing. The Veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis A will be reconsidered by the AOJ with instructions to provide such notice.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and rating appeals to cure pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, migraines, and hepatitis C. The claims for hepatitis B and A were also granted, but the claim for a right shoulder condition and a skin condition was remanded.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for Hepatitis A, obstructive sleep apnea, posttraumatic stress disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus because the VA Form 10182 was not filed on time.
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