The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death is related to his military service, and therefore grants service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided by Dr. S.H., a university physician who was the Veteran’s treating hepatologist, supports the claim that the Veteran's cause of death is related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- refractory septic shock, enterococcus bacteremia, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, end stage liver disease, hepatitis C, acute kidney failure, hepatocellular carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20077115
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C, jaundice, hypogeusia, and hyposmia as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C and remanded the claim for a heart disability due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hepatocellular carcinoma as the evidence did not support a link to in-service exposure or injury.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hepatitis C, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
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