The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic hepatitis C to obtain an adequate examination and/or addendum opinion.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided by the examiners were found to be inadequate due to a lack of medical analysis and consideration of all evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25041764
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (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 remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the cause of the Veteran's death (hepatitic failure, cirrhosis, and chronic hepatitis C) is not directly related to his Marine Corps service or any verified in-service exposures. The VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate due to its reliance on the absence of medical literature without a discussion of specific facts.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that chronic hepatitis C was incurred in service and contributed to his death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claim for chronic hepatitis C is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error. The Board finds the need for an examination to determine if his current diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C is related to in-service hand injuries.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic hepatitis C, diabetes mellitus type II as secondary to chronic hepatitis C, liver disease as secondary to chronic hepatitis C, neuropathy left foot/leg as secondary to chronic hepatitis C, and neuropathy right foot/leg as secondary to chronic hepatitis C. A 10% evaluation is assigned.
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