The Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability and hepatitis C were previously denied, but new evidence was submitted after his death. The Board found that the evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims.,Service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death due to hepatocellular carcinoma metastatic and hepatitis C virus infection is denied as none of his service-connected disabilities were a principal or contributory cause of death.
The deciding factor: The new evidence submitted after the Veteran's death did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims for left knee disability and hepatitis C.,Service connection was denied as none of the service-connected disabilities were a principal or contributory cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18103267
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