Did you add CMCON=7 ?
Is any pull-up resistor on RA.4?
Did you add a start-up delay for the LCD between 500mSec and 2 Second before using the first LCDOUT?
Are you sure of your Config Fuse setting for the MCLR pin and Internal OSC?
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Are you sure your LCD controller is compatible with the Hitachi one?