The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a liver disability, to include hepatitis, and right leg amputation. The Veteran did not have any active duty after February 4, 1981, and there is no evidence of exposure to chemicals or other presumptive conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had no active duty following her discharge in February 1981 and the Board found that she was not traveling from ACDUTRA or INACDUTRA at the time of her right leg amputation. There is also no evidence of a liver disorder related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disorder, right leg amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1703261
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