The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for hepatitis C was denied as the evidence did not show intermittent fatigue, malaise, and anorexia or incapacitating episodes with symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, arthralgia, and right upper quadrant pain.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include as secondary to hepatitis C was denied. The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is not related to active duty service or his service-connected hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: VA examiner found no evidence of a medical nexus between the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and either active duty service or his service-connected hepatitis C.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1636985
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