Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C with cancer due to autoimmune hepatitis/NASH and cirrhosis of the liver, status post liver transplant, and blood cell disorder. The claim for osteoporosis was remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence persuasively weighs against finding a service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C with cancer due to autoimmune hepatitis/NASH and cirrhosis of the liver, status post liver transplant, blood cell disorder, osteoporosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25004563
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