The Board has determined that the Veteran's liver disorder is not related to his military service and has denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found no direct link between the Veteran's presumed herbicide exposure and his liver disorder, concluding it was less likely as not caused by such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1741821
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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