Kidney disease decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for eczema, hypertension, basal cell carcinoma, and renal cell carcinoma and chronic kidney disease as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, remanding some issues for further development.

The Board denied increased ratings for kidney cancer, kidney removal, painful periumbilical scar status post partial nephrectomy, and surgical scars status post partial nephrectomy. The effective date of service connection was granted as May 13, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for prostatic hypertrophy but denied service connection for hernia disability, peripheral vascular disease (PVD), bladder incontinence, and renal toxicity.

The Board remands the claim for further development of evidence related to herbicide exposure and toxic exposure risk activities (TERAs) during service.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, deviated nasal septum, and kidney stones while denying service connection for hearing loss, dyspepsia, left thumb ganglion, right wrist pain, left wrist pain, and allergic rhinitis. The Board also granted an increased rating of 30 percent for tension headaches.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for kidney stones as the evidence did not show recurrent stone formation requiring invasive or non-invasive procedures more than two times per year.

The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable rating for a kidney disability and service connection for brain aneurysms due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable initial disability rating for chronic renal disease stage III and anemia due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic kidney disease due to duty to assist errors and the need for additional private medical records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for heart disease and kidney failure due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's in-service asbestos exposure.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded claims for service connection of disabilities affecting the hands, feet, and other conditions due to lack of evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a kidney cyst, fibromyalgia, and a lung disability due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for kidney cancer and hypertension, to include as secondary to kidney cancer, due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's TERA exposure.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for NHL, a compensable rating for NHL post right hemicolectomy with fistula excision, and restoration of a 100 percent disability rating for kidney neoplasm residuals.

The Board denied service connection for chronic kidney disease, stage 4 as the evidence did not support a finding that it began during active service or was otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.

The appeal for service connection for kidney cancer and liver cancer is dismissed due to a clerical error in Board docketing procedures.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, a renal disability, left ventricular hypertrophy, and right lower extremity paralysis, as well as an earlier effective date of March 15, 2018. Special monthly compensation at the aid and attendance rate was also granted.

The Board granted an effective date prior to February 26, 2024, for a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and denied an initial compensable rating for hypothyroidism. Service connection was also granted for chronic kidney disease as secondary to service-connected hypertension.