Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for cirrhosis of the liver and service connection for a heart condition, but granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current conditions were related to his in-service exposure or service itself, except for the bilateral hearing loss which was found to have onset within the one-year presumptive period after discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- cirrhosis of the liver, heart condition (supraventricular arrhythmia with implanted cardiac pacemaker), bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097681
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