Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Hepatitis C, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between the condition and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no objective evidence supporting the Veteran's claims of contracting Hepatitis C during service or through air gun inoculations, citing post-service risk factors such as intravenous drug use and incarceration for drug trafficking as more likely causes.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25013759
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