Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C, finding no evidence that the condition began during active service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
The deciding factor: The August 2020 VA examiner and September 2024 addendum medical opinion concluded there was no nexus between the Veteran's claimed hepatitis C and his service, including a reported but unverified post-operative blood transfusion.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25001574
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