Granted
The Board granted service connection for fatty liver disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with opiate/alcohol abuse disorders.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's fatty liver disease is at least as likely as not due to his unspecified depressive disorder, which was previously rated as PTSD and opiate/alcohol use disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- fatty liver disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25109386
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