The Board has denied service connection for residuals of a right-hand injury and non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver due to DBNP, finding that there is no link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners provided medical opinions stating that the current disabilities are not related to any in-service events or exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right-hand injury, non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19121701
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- Remanded (sent back)
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