Hep C
Our County VSO came to a Legion meeting about a year ago with some brochures put out by the VA on Hep C. According to him, if memory serves, one way to contract it was thru the use of an air gun for giving shots in basic. I had the air gun shots in '65 and can remember that if you flinched, it would cut like a razor and the blood would run. I would guess that it is service connected not only for Vietnam but for the whole time they used the air gun inoculation system. I understand that it can lie dormant in your system for 30 - 40 years without any symtoms. To really get a definitive answer you should contact your VSO or the VA.
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