The Veteran's cause of death was determined to be due to cirrhosis, which was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD and substance abuse.,Service connection for hepatitis C is granted as it was proximately caused by the Veteran's service-connected substance abuse.
The deciding factor: Cirrhosis resulting from hepatitis C aggravated by service-connected PTSD and substance abuse contributed to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C, Low blood count (thrombocytopenia), Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1433448
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