The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's liver disability, memory and cognitive disability, neuropathy in the bilateral upper extremities, and neuropathy in the bilateral lower extremities due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The Veteran's conditions are presumed associated with this exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's liver disability, memory and cognitive defects, and peripheral neuropathies are related to his service-connected liver disability caused by exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disability, memory and cognitive disability, neuropathy in the bilateral upper extremities, neuropathy in the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2018
- Citation
- 1807582
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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
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- 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)
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- Granted
The Veteran's liver disability is found to be secondary to his service-connected PTSD and has been granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's liver disability and its relationship to service-connected hepatitis. The case is returned for further development.
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