Hepatitis C — all decisions

The Board remands the matters of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hypertension (HTN) on a basis other than the PACT Act, and hepatitis C due to further development needed.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the liver, finding that the August 1995 rating decision became final when no timely appeal was filed.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant during its pendency.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, due to a lack of evidence supporting a current disability and no credible in-service stressor. The claim for service connection for Hepatitis C was remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for gout and erectile dysfunction, remanded claims for service connection for Hepatitis C, hypertension, liver cancer, diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis of the liver, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, headaches, memory loss, and the Veteran's cause of death, and referred claims for service connection for headaches, memory loss, and the Veteran's cause of death to the RO.

The Board denied several claims for service connection and higher ratings, granted service connection for a right knee disability and a right wrist disability as secondary to the service-connected right little finger, fifth metacarpal, degenerative arthritis, and remanded other claims.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including unspecified depressive disorder and peripheral neuropathy in all extremities, were granted with specific ratings. TDIU was also granted effective January 28, 2019.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hepatitis C, liver damage, B-cell lymphoma cancer, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of the condition.

The Board remands the matter to obtain outstanding private treatment records and confirm the date of the Veteran's Hepatitis C diagnosis, as well as to obtain a new VA opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the Veteran's Hepatitis C in light of his assertions regarding exposure during air gun inoculations and his reported risk factors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for hypertension, hepatitis C, and liver cirrhosis and gallstones. The claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II was remanded.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for cirrhosis of the liver effective January 3, 2020, but denied earlier effective dates and higher ratings for both conditions.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for a left foot great toe disability, hepatitis C, and pseudofolliculitis barbae, as well as initial compensable ratings for hammer toes of both feet and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence linking his medical conditions to his active service.

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion concerning whether the Veteran's cardiac arrhythmia, fatal liver disease, and hepatitis C were related to service.