The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis A and skin disability, but has remanded the issues of service connection for blood disorder (anemia and polycythemia) and kidney disorder (renal cell carcinoma).,Service connection is granted for skin disability due to herbicide exposure under presumptive provisions. Service connection is denied for hepatitis A as there is no current diagnosis or evidence of a link to service, including herbicide exposure. The Veteran's blood disorders are found to be related to his service and the kidney disorder may also be secondary to these conditions.

The deciding factor: The Board has remanded the issues due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's skin disability and blood disorders, as well as the relationship between the kidney disorder and any other diagnosed conditions.,Service connection is granted for skin disability based on presumptive provisions. Service connection is denied for hepatitis A because there is no current diagnosis or evidence linking it to service, including herbicide exposure.

Claimed conditions

Hepatitis A, Skin Disability, Blood Disorder (Anemia and Polycythemia), Kidney Disorder (Renal Cell Carcinoma)

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

July 30, 2019

Citation

19159072

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