The claim for an earlier effective date for fatty liver associated with DMII is denied.,The claim for a higher evaluation for fatty liver associated with DMII is denied. The Veteran does not have any compensable symptoms of fatty liver.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s OSA was less likely than not due to or the result of his service connected conditions (PTSD, DMII, and hypertension).
- Claimed conditions
- Fatty liver, OSA
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19123750
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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