The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for a liver condition, finding that there is no evidence showing a chronic liver disability was incurred or aggravated by his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no current diagnosis of a chronic liver condition and concluded it was less likely than not related to any in-service injury, event, or illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20037449
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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: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a liver condition was denied in an August 1978 rating decision. The Board found that the evidence did not show any current residuals of the liver condition from service and that his current symptoms were unrelated to his service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's liver condition is found to be proximately due to his service-connected PTSD, and thus service connection for the liver condition as secondary to PTSD is granted.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the application to readjudicate the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a liver condition. The application to readjudicate the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for IBS is granted, but the Veteran's claim for IBS is denied as there is no current diagnosis.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for a liver condition due to insufficient evidence regarding its etiology, specifically requiring an additional VA examination.
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