Kidney disease Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to follow substantially gainful employment consistent with his education, training, and work experience.

The Board has remanded the cases due to the need for additional VA medical records from prior to 2005. The Veteran's service connection claims for chronic kidney disease and anemia, both claimed as secondary to malaria, are being reviewed again.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the cause of death.

The Board has remanded the case due to an outstanding unadjudicated claim for hypertension, which is now eligible for service connection as due to the Veteran's conceded herbicide exposure. The intertwined claim for kidney disease will also be adjudicated.

The Veteran's kidney cancer with a right nephrectomy is being remanded for further evaluation, including consideration of albuminuria prior to November 14, 2021. The issues of increased rating and TDIU are also being remanded due to their inextricably intertwined nature.

The Board has remanded the claims for lung cancer, heart disease, and kidney disease due to asbestos exposure. The VA is required to obtain addendum medical opinions addressing the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for erectile dysfunction, renal dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, and peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of July 25, 2017 for service connection of neoplasm of the kidney. The case is remanded for further rating actions on increased ratings and scars.

The Board has dismissed all appeals for service connection for various conditions as a result of exposure to herbicide agents due to the appellant's death.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasons and bases for its prior denial of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a kidney disability, specifically addressing the etiology of any current kidney disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for kidney dysfunction, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and military service.

The Board has dismissed all claims as the Veteran withdrew his appeals prior to a decision being made.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected bilateral kidney stones caused or contributed to his death due to sepsis and end-stage dementia.

The Board has dismissed all appeals regarding the Veteran's claims for service connection and reopening of service connection due to his death.

The Veteran's appeals seeking service connection for proteinuria and a kidney condition were dismissed as the evidence did not show these conditions existed prior to his military service.

The Board has remanded the claims for hepatitis C, chronic kidney disease, liver condition (claimed as cirrhosis and liver cancer), and an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as bipolar disorder and depression) due to insufficient evidence addressing the service separation examination.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate opinions regarding whether the Veteran's kidney stones are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities, specifically chronic kidney disease with hypertension and osteoarthritis.

The Veteran's combined disability rating is 100 percent from February 29, 2012. The RO denied entitlement to a TDIU prior to February 29, 2012, or based on a single service-connected disability.

The appeals for whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen claims for service connection for left and right ear hearing loss have been dismissed.,The appeals for entitlement to service connection for colon polyps and psoriatic arthritis have been dismissed.,New and material evidence having been received, the claims for service connection for left and right knee conditions are reopened; to this extent only, the appeals are granted.