Kidney disease decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for headaches and migraines, but remanded the claim for a kidney condition due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for chronic kidney disease based on the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's service-connected left renal calculi and chronic kidney disease, scar, status post-excision left brachial cleft cyst, transient motion sickness, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including recurrent right and left eye disabilities, right and left foot disabilities (pes planus), heart disability, hypertension, lumbar spine disability, kidney disability related to Camp Lejeune exposure, and lower extremity disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and MDD have rendered him unemployable, effective March 9, 2023.

The Board denied the claims for an earlier effective date and a higher rating, granted a 30 percent initial rating for chronic kidney disease from November 14, 2021, and remanded other issues.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 4, 2022, for the grant of service connection for kidney cancer on a direct basis.

The Board granted service connection for chronic renal failure of the left kidney and removal of the right kidney, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's service.

The Board granted service connection for malignant neoplasm of the rectum, adenocarcinoma of the lungs, and adrenal gland carcinoma.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 60 percent for chronic renal disease based on the Veteran's GFR readings.

The Board denied service connection for polycystic kidney disease as the evidence does not support a current disability that causes functional impairment affecting earning capacity.

The Board denied service connection for alcohol use disorder, a disorder manifested by binge eating, and residuals of tuberculosis. However, an initial disability rating of 70 percent was granted for unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder with depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for kidney cancer to include residuals due to agent orange exposure for an adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 20, 2010, for the award of service connection for a kidney disability associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The other issues were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a right kidney disability and a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, and chronic kidney disease as they were not related to the Veteran's active service or herbicide exposure.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, type II, and hypertension. The claims for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and other conditions were denied or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for stage IV metastatic clear cell renal cancer, finding it to be related to in-service exposure to ionizing radiation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney condition, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service incurrence and that the Veteran's current disability was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability.

The veteran withdrew her appeal for all service connection claims, and the Board dismissed the case.