The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the VA examination and private medical opinions were incomplete. The Veteran's appeal for service connection for liver disease related to Camp LeJeune exposure is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record is tenuous at best, with no formal diagnosis of a liver disability during or prior to the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis Steatosis, Infectious Hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24081121
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the cause of the Veteran's death and its relation to service. The examiner must address whether the cause of death is directly related to active service, including a January 1970 diagnosis of infectious hepatitis.
- Whole decision: Denied
Throughout the rating period, a disability rating greater than 60 percent for infectious hepatitis and hepatitis C was denied. For the period from January 24, 2014 to July 5, 2017, a disability rating greater than 10 percent for depressive disorder was denied. For the period from July 6, 2017, a disability rating greater than 30 percent for depressive disorder was denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected infectious hepatitis is not manifested by fatigue, malaise, and anorexia, or incapacitating episodes. Therefore, the claim for a compensable rating has been denied.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
An effective date of December 14, 1970 is granted for the establishment of service connection for PTSD. The appeal concerning a compensable rating for infectious hepatitis is dismissed. The appeals regarding an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD and entitlement to TDIU are remanded.
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