The Veteran's non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and nephrolithiasis/kidney stones are found to have begun during service, warranting service connection. The issue of an increased rating for PTSD is remanded.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show the Veteran was diagnosed with fatty liver disease and kidney stones during his active duty service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Nephrolithiasis/kidney stones
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19104678
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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- Granted
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