The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic liver condition, finding that there was no evidence linking his current liver condition to his active military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is no competent medical evidence showing that the Veteran’s current liver condition began during his active duty or is otherwise related to any in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic liver condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19138774
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- Remanded (sent back)
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