Kidney disease decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for kidney cancer due to Agent Orange exposure based on the competent and credible evidence of record.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as there was no evidence linking his conditions to his active-duty service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but granted an effective date of June 8, 2021, for special monthly compensation (SMC) based upon housebound status and an increased 50 percent rating for service-connected migraine headaches.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right kidney disorder, status post removal, due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a kidney disability due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding its etiology.

The Board granted service connection for kidney stones, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's kidney stone disorder began in service.

The Board granted service connection for a left kidney disability, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and kidney disease, while denying service connection for a low back disability, hip pain, and a neurobehavioral disorder. The claim for a gastrointestinal disability was remanded for further consideration.

The Board remands the matter for a more complete VA examination to determine the current nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected chronic kidney disease (CKD).

The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic kidney disease, to include as secondary to prostate cancer, for further development and a VA medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including alopecia areata, hidradenitis suppurativa, arthritis, cancer of the larynx, pulmonary embolism, peripheral neuropathy in both upper and lower extremities, renal cell cancer, and sleep apnea, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as there was no evidence that any of his service-connected disabilities contributed to or caused his death.

The Board denied service connection for asthma, COPD, CAD (claimed as heart disease), DMII, and a kidney disorder based on the evidence not persuasively supporting an in-service incurrence or relationship to service.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, sinusitis, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease with hypertensive renal disease. The Board also denied a compensable disability rating for allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to his failure to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.

The Board granted service connection for chronic kidney disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected orthopedic disabilities and dismissed the appeal for tinnitus due to a procedural defect. The issue of service connection for a right shoulder disability was remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for kidney cancer, status post partial nephrectomy, as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating.

The Board granted service connection for basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, an acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD), and a kidney condition. However, the claim for service connection for PTSD was denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic kidney disease to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error and obtain a new medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for soft tissue cancer and intestine cancer, but remanded the claims for renal cell carcinoma, brain cancer, bone cancer, and lung cancer due to in-service herbicide exposure.