The Veteran's liver disability, including hepatitis and steatosis and fatty liver disease, had its onset during his active duty service. The Board also found that the evidence supports a finding of an in-service incurrence of a disease or injury for obstructive sleep apnea prior to May 13, 2008.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's liver disability was diagnosed and treated while he was in service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection. The Board found that there was no formal claim, informal claim, or expressed intent to file a claim of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea prior to May 13, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disability, hepatitis, steatosis and fatty liver disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1753731
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board has granted service connection for hepatitis C and secondary service connection for cirrhosis of the liver, both determined to be related to in-service hepatitis.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a liver disability has been dismissed due to the withdrawal by his attorney prior to the Board making a decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran does not have a current disability for the conditions he is seeking service connection for, and thus denied these claims. The appeal was also remanded for additional examinations related to other disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the failure to schedule VA examinations related to his claimed disabilities. The Board finds that there was a pre-decisional error in not ensuring proper communication with the Veteran.
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