The Veteran's non-alcoholic fatty liver disease was incurred as a result of treatment for his service-connected papular urticaria.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the currently diagnosed liver disability, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, was incurred as a result of prolonged steroid use to treat the service-connected urticaria.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1625238
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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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