The Board granted service connection for autoimmune hepatitis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The appeal regarding an initial compensable evaluation for hypertension was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in approximate balance that the Veteran's autoimmune hepatitis is related to exposure to tactical herbicide agents in service, and the Veteran withdrew his appeal for hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- autoimmune hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090424
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 845 · Granted: 39% (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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for autoimmune hepatitis and rheumatoid arthritis, both found to be related to the Veteran's in-service toxic exposures at Camp Lejeune.
- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that her autoimmune hepatitis was related to her in-service Camp Lejeune exposures.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for autoimmune hepatitis and systemic lupus erythematosus to obtain additional VA medical opinions considering studies submitted by the Veteran.
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