The Veteran's hepatitis C with cirrhosis is granted a 40 percent rating, but no higher. A TDIU from April 24, 2017 is granted. The service connection for prostate cancer is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hepatitis C with cirrhosis was found to have signs and symptoms such as daily fatigue, malaise, loss of appetite, weakness, abdominal pain, and an inability to maintain or gain weight (minor weight loss), which more closely approximated the criteria for a 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7345.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C with cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2026
- Citation
- 26002038
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A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 2, 2004 for the award of SMC based on aid and attendance was denied as there was no earlier ascertainable increase in disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's hepatitis C with cirrhosis, which caused his death, was incurred in service due to blood transfusions and morphine injections during combat.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C with cirrhosis is not manifested by daily fatigue, malaise, and anorexia, with minor weight loss and hepatomegaly, or; incapacitating episodes (with symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, arthralgia, and upper right quadrant pain) having a total duration of at least four weeks, but less than six weeks, during the past 12-month period. Therefore, the criteria for entitlement to a disability evaluation in excess of 20 percent have not been met.
- Denied
The Veteran's hepatitis C with cirrhosis was not related to his military service, including exposure to herbicide agents. The claim for service connection is denied.
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