The Board denied service connection for hepatitis and liver disability, and granted a 10 percent rating for chronic cholelithiasis with status-post cholecystectomy. The Veteran's symptoms are mild.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of current hepatitis or liver disability that can be linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis, liver disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2019
- Citation
- A19002095
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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