The Veteran's hepatitis B was initially contracted during service, and the Board granted service connection for this condition after resolving all reasonable doubt in his favor.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current hepatitis B was initially contracted in service, thus granting service connection based on direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis B
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19156517
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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.
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