Nice clean decision without a bunch of double talk. Easy to follow with good cites and all you need for a DYI. Beat PTSD gently, then stir in HCV slowly for several years. Bake in a slow oven for 23 years until cirrhosed. Serve piping sick.
http://www.va.gov/vetapp/wraper_bva.asp?file=/vetapp11/Files4/1138414.txt
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HCV-RNA are hardy little beasts. They live on health workers’ hands in medical settings. Check out this 2000 abstract and read the experimental method.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10773609
This widely cited research was written a full 4 years before the VA’s insulting “plausible” Fast Letter was written.
Just think about combat first aid, basic dental care practices, the IVs, boot camp vaccinations and all the multiple ways blood-to-blood contacts occurred. This disease should be presumptive for all afflicted veterans because of all the overwhelming evidence with regard to how easy it is to contract this disease due to so many modes of transmission.
Well, gee pilgrim. That’s an “above my pay grade” decision. Nobody wants that in their resume. Best to boot it up to D.C. and let them have the Texas necktie party there.
Pretty clean decision. My question is, why did it take a trip to the VBA vice the RO for the Veteran to get service connection??