We hope this never happens to you. Imagine winning your fight for a Hepatitis rating in 84, Then imagine just normal VA checkups over the years until 2000 and a test for HCV. Here, VA does everything in their power short of cutting the poor Vet off until he finds a doctor to write a nexus saying he probably got B&C at the same time. this is exactly whhat happened to me in 70. I came down with “Hep” (no dx on type) 89 days after a transfusion for a GSW. Medrecs were left in “that neutral country just to the north ofThailand” that we were never in. Fast forward 23 years and VA turned me down cold. Reopened the claim in 07 and bingo- SC.
VA would have loved to cut this Vet off and rescind his HBV rating if they could have. So, if you have a rating for HBV and actually have active, chronic HCV, be prepared to have VA reopen your case and try to find a reason for denial of compensation. It happens more frequently than you think.
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