The Board denied service connection for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, finding no causal link to service or toxic exposure and concluding the Veteran's lay assertions were not competent evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found no in-service injury or symptoms related to liver disease, and the medical opinions supported a lack of causation between current liver disease and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23066704
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