The Veteran's claim for service connection for Hepatitis C has been reopened and remanded. The rating for erectile dysfunction is also remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial indicates that the Veteran’s hepatitis C may be related to drug use, which could potentially be linked to his PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C, Peyronie's disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19190732
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA addendum opinion to determine if the Veteran's liver cancer and hepatitis C are related to his active service, including exposure to agent orange.
- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, and hepatitis C as there was no evidence of functional impairment sufficient to warrant a higher rating.
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