The Board denied service connection for a hepatitis disability and liver cancer as secondary to a hepatitis disability, both for accrued benefits purposes.,The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the Veteran's hepatitis or liver cancer were related to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners concluded that the Veteran’s hepatitis disability was not related to active service and therefore could not be considered a service-connected disability for secondary service connection purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis, liver cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107100
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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