The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for fatty liver as secondary to his service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The opinion provided by Dr. C.N.B. linked the Veteran's fatty liver to his alcohol use, which is part of his service-connected PTSD diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- fatty liver
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2026
- Citation
- A26025298
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