The Board granted service connection for liver cancer, diabetes mellitus, esophageal varices, and hypertension as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C with cirrhosis of the liver. The appeal for cirrhosis of the liver was dismissed due to a full and complete grant of benefits. Service connection for GERD and a gastrointestinal disorder was denied.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on medical opinions linking the granted conditions to the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C, while denying service connection for GERD and a gastrointestinal disorder due to lack of evidence supporting their causation by toxic exposure or service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, diabetes mellitus, esophageal varices, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- 25013361
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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