The Veteran's hepatitis C with cirrhosis, which caused his death, was incurred in service due to blood transfusions and morphine injections during combat.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the cause of death is granted as the evidence supports that the Veteran contracted hepatitis C with cirrhosis during service from blood transfusions and morphine injections provided without changing needles between soldiers.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C with cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1405331
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