Click To Call If you are a veteran who contracted hepatitis C while serving in the U.S. military, and you received a VA-issued air gun inoculation, you may be entitled to disability benefits. Please contact the Florida veterans’ disability rights law firm of LaVan & Neidenberg for more information on how you can receive your due compensation.
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Hepatitis C May Be a Service-Connected Disability

New evidence proves that some service members and veterans were placed at risk for contracting hepatitis C while serving their country. The veterans were exposed to the blood borne pathogen through the use of improperly administrated air gun inoculations.

This appalling health issue came to light in 2002, when a female veteran, who served on active duty from Feb. 1976 to April 1980, was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2002. She revealed that the air guns used for inoculating soldiers at the time of her service were not properly cleaned-or not cleaned at all-between use on soldiers. In 2008, the veteran won her claim, and the VA now acknowledges that there is indeed a connection between the air gun inoculations and hepatitis C.

Because of this grievous oversight by VA officials and medical personnel, countless servicemen and women were exposed to incurable diseases, such as hepatitis C. As such, veterans who suffer from hepatitis C may be eligible for service-connected disability benefits.

What does this mean for you? If you are a veteran who suffers from hepatitis C, and you were inoculated with an air gun during your service, you may be eligible for veterans' disability benefits.

This case also serves as a warning for any veteran who received a military-issued air gun inoculation at any point of their service, that you should get tested for hepatitis C. This devastating disease often displays no visible symptoms, even as it works to destroy your liver and degrade your overall health. Your doctor can work with you to address your health concerns and start you on a course for treatment.

If you a veteran who received an air gun inoculation and you have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, you may be entitled to receive disability benefits. A qualified disability attorney can work with you as you navigate this relatively new issue in VA disability claims and fight to get the benefits that you need to treat your health condition.

If you are a disabled veteran who has been denied disability compensation by the VA, contact LaVan & Neidenberg. We can appeal your rating decision and fight for your rights. You are entitled to certain programs and benefits based upon your VA rating decision so contact our veterans disability rights firm today.




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