The Board denied an earlier effective date for DIC due to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that the only basis for a grant was the liberalizing law allowing presumptive service connection for liver cancer and hepatitis C related to exposure at Camp Lejeune. The evidence did not support direct or secondary service connection prior to March 14, 2017.
The deciding factor: The effective date is governed by the liberalizing law that allowed presumptive service connection for liver cancer and hepatitis C due to exposure at Camp Lejeune, which became effective on March 14, 2017. The evidence did not support direct or secondary service connection prior to this date.
- Claimed conditions
- liver cancer, hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22040691
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