The Veteran's liver disability is denied, but he has a respiratory disability and skin disability that are found to be related to his active duty service. The Board gives the Veteran the benefit of the doubt in these cases.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show no evidence of a liver disability during service, but post-service VA treatment records indicate elevated liver enzymes. For the respiratory and skin disabilities, the Veteran's in-service treatment is noted, along with post-service treatment for similar conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver Disability, Respiratory Disability (including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)), Skin Disability (neurodermatitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2014
- Citation
- 1449257
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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