Kidney disease Board decisions

The appeal for residuals of a bruised kidney was dismissed. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, depression, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right ankle disorder, and left ankle disorder were remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for renal condition and TIA due to insufficient examination findings regarding whether these conditions are aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board has remanded three issues: a claim for an increased rating for tension headaches, service connection for atrial septal defect heart disability and Gilbert's Disease with right kidney cyst. The claims are being reconsidered due to new VA treatment records associated after the Statement of the Case.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a bilateral knee condition, kidney condition secondary to his knee condition, and back condition. The decision found that new evidence did not establish a current disability or link it to service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for ESRD and depression and anxiety as secondary to ESRD due to inadequate medical opinions. The claims will be reviewed again with new expert opinions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for acute kidney disease secondary to his service-connected coronary artery disease. The case is being returned for a new VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left and right lower extremity disabilities, acquired psychiatric disorders, eye disability, shoulder disabilities, renal cyst, emphysema, fibromyalgia, stomach hernia disability, skin disability with impairment of the feet, and migraine headache disability. The reasons were lack of evidence or failure to report for VA examinations.

The Board has granted the reopening of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and remanded the remaining issues due to lack of evidence in the record.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 16, 2014, for the grant of service connection for bilateral inguinal hernia is denied.,The Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral inguinal hernia is denied.,The Veteran's claims for reopening his previously denied claims of entitlement to service connection for hypertension and a kidney condition, to include as secondary to hypertension, are remanded.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's kidney cancer is at least as likely as not related to his military service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's need for a higher level of aid and attendance, necessitating hospitalization or other institutional care, is granted from April 8, 2021.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and kidney disease, but denied service connection for lower extremity weakness.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and kidney disability, finding that the evidence did not establish a nexus to service or secondary to herbicide exposure.

The appeal for left ventricular hypertrophy is dismissed.,Service connection for kidney disease is denied.,Issues pertaining to respiratory disorder, hypothyroidism, and thoracic aorta aneurysm are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney disability, finding that there was no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicide agents and insufficient medical evidence linking his current condition to service.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of October 24, 2002 for the grant of accrued benefits due to kidney cancer. The claim was denied in April 2003 but appealed by the Veteran in March 2004. Accrued benefits are now awarded from this original filing date.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for kidney dysfunction, finding that the evidence does not support a finding that his current condition is related to an event in service or secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that hypertension and related conditions did not manifest in service or were otherwise not causally related to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete VA treatment records and the need for an addendum opinion regarding the cause of death claim. The examiner is asked to determine if the Veteran's renal cell carcinoma was related to his service, including exposure to herbicide agents, and whether his service-connected PTSD contributed to his death.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination for kidney cancer, which is not service-connected under presumptive exposure provisions. The Veteran's representative acknowledges this and the claim will be reviewed with a new examination.