The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than August 16, 2012, for the grant of a 40 percent disability rating for service-connected residuals of infectious hepatitis is being remanded due to the need to obtain VA treatment records from 1965 to 1970.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's testimony about receiving VA treatment for his service-connected residuals of infectious hepatitis from 1965 to 1970 raises a question that there may have been an informal claim for an increase resulting from this VA treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of infectious hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2015
- Citation
- 1516185
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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 veteran's PTSD rating is increased to 70% but not higher. The veteran also qualifies for total disability individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for residuals of infectious hepatitis is being remanded due to the submission of new evidence indicating continued symptoms despite sobriety.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of infectious hepatitis was granted due to clear and unmistakable error in the January 1969 rating decision, which did not consider fatigue as a residual of hepatitis.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for residuals of infectious hepatitis is denied as his condition has not resulted in any incapacitating episodes or symptoms that would warrant such a rating.
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