The Veteran's viral hepatitis is rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating authorized for the disability under DC 7354.,The Veteran's liver carcinoma is rated at 100 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating authorized for the disability under DC 7343.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating as the Veteran’s symptoms are intermittent and do not require continuous medication or incapacitating episodes.
- Claimed conditions
- Viral Hepatitis, Liver Carcinoma, Cirrhosis of the Liver with Esophageal Varices
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19173313
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, attributing it to hepatitis C which was related to service and contributed to his liver cancer.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the claim, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis of Hepatitis C is attributable to his military service and specifically to the viral hepatitis he was hospitalized for during his second period of service in 1981.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's current hepatitis C was not incurred or aggravated by service, and denied his claim.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C and finds that new evidence supports a finding of service connection. The Veteran's current diagnosis of hepatitis C is related to his in-service viral hepatitis.
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