The Veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C virus is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining in-patient treatment records and a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The case requires further development as there are gaps in the medical evidence regarding the onset of the veteran's HCV during service and its relationship to any identified risk factors.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C Virus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2013
- Citation
- 1324422
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appellant contends that the Veteran died from complications brought on by Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), which she argues was incurred in service. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and opinions regarding the relationship between the HCV infection and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the claim to the RO for further development due to missing service medical records and incomplete VCAA notice.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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