Kidney disease Board decisions

The Veteran's service connection claim for coronary artery disease (CAD) is granted due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents. The claims for acquired psychiatric disorder, alcohol use disorder, lung disability, and kidney disability are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to inconsistencies in the medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's right kidney atrophy is a congenital disease or defect, and if it pre-existed service.

The Veteran's renal cell carcinoma is granted as service connected due to presumed exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune during her military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate efforts in obtaining relevant medical records and a need for an examination regarding potential herbicide exposure. The Veteran's kidney disorders are being reviewed again as new evidence suggests they may be related to service.

The Board has granted SMC based on the need for aid and attendance of another. The appeals for service connection for Parkinson's disease and kidney disorder are dismissed.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to unsuccessful attempts by VA to obtain relevant records from the Veteran's SSA disability benefits file. The issues of entitlement to service connection for kidney disorder, peripheral neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, and COPD are being remanded for additional development.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to support the reopening of claims for service connection for various conditions, including heart disorder, stroke, kidney disorder, lumbar spine disorder, prostate cancer, acquired psychiatric disorder (secondary to a lumbar spine disorder), and bilateral eye disorder. The issues have been remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to support the reopening of claims for service connection for various conditions, including heart disorder, stroke, kidney disorder, lumbar spine disorder, prostate cancer, acquired psychiatric disorder (secondary to a lumbar spine disorder), and bilateral eye disorder. The issues have been remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran's service connection for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) has been granted. The remaining issues of service connection for various conditions are remanded to obtain medical opinions regarding the relationship between those conditions and CML.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis because his service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to an administrative error in submitting a modernized review system form instead of a legacy one. The Veteran must file a timely VA Form 9 if he wishes to continue his appeal.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder, left shoulder, kidney disorder, bilateral eye disability, psycho-organic disorder, and hypertension. The issues of service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and bradycardia are being remanded due to potential incomplete VA treatment records.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder, left shoulder, kidney disorder, bilateral eye disability, psycho-organic disorder, and hypertension have been denied. The issues of service connection for GERD and bradycardia are being remanded as there may be outstanding relevant VA treatment records.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at 50 percent from February 23, 2017 to September 10, 2020. The rating for PTSD was increased to 50 percent effective September 10, 2020. Bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating. Service connection for kidney disability is remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for ischemic heart disease, pulmonary congestion, skin cancer, and cause of death due to service connection purposes. The issues are related to exposure at Camp Lejeune. Additional medical opinions are needed regarding these conditions.

The Veteran's right knee limitation of extension is currently rated as 20 percent disabling from July 20, 2015. The Board has remanded the issue for further development.,Service connection for a chronic kidney disability and a chronic forearm strain remains pending.

The Board has remanded multiple claims for further development due to inadequate VA examinations and the need for new examinations. The Veteran's skin, heart, right shoulder, back, arthritis (claimed as multi-joint pain), bronchial condition, throat cancer, kidney cancer, spleen condition, tongue condition (to include a tumor), sinusitis, pancreatitis, and brain trauma claims are all remanded.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence linking any disability causing or contributing to his death with active service. The Veteran died from metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma and other conditions not related to his military service.

The Veteran's PTSD claim is remanded for further development. The service connection claims for colon disability, ventral hernia, and renal cell carcinoma chromophobe type are also remanded.

The Veteran's kidney cancer, status post left radical nephrectomy transplant, has been rated at 30 percent since February 1, 2021. The Board found that the evidence does not support a rating in excess of this amount.

The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected due to the lack of evidence linking his terminal conditions to service. DIC benefits were also denied as he did not meet the criteria for continuous total disability rating.