Kidney disease Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for the claimed conditions, but did not specify a rating or effective date.

The Board denied the Veteran's service connection claims for kidney disorder, hypertension, and gout. The evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and his active service or presumed herbicide agent exposure.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral kidney cysts, finding that the Veteran's condition is not related to his military service.,The RO reduced the Veteran's rating for coronary artery disease from 60% to 30%, but this decision was later found to be void ab initio.

The Veteran's claimed conditions have not been linked to service, and the Board finds that these claims are denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for a right kidney disorder in June 1998, and this decision is final. New evidence submitted since then does not establish a link between the claimed condition and military service.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining service personnel records and scheduling VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed conditions.

The Board denied service connection for kidney and heart disabilities based on the absence of evidence showing these conditions during or after military service.

The Veteran wishes to discontinue his appeal regarding the reopening of a claim for service connection for kidney/ureter disorder with neurogenic bladder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for stenosis of the middle infundibulum of the left kidney with enuresis, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The decision also addressed whether new and material evidence had been received to reopen a previously denied claim for stenosis of the middle infundibulum of the left kidney with enuresis.

The Veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for diabetes mellitus with cataracts and retinopathy was denied. The Board found that the current 20 percent rating adequately reflects the Veteran's disability, as he does not require regulation of his activities due to diabetes.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to January 20, 2009. However, for the period on appeal from January 20, 2009 onward, his service-connected disabilities, as likely as not, precluded him from obtaining or maintaining such employment.

The Veteran's chronic kidney disease, stage III has not been productive of renal dysfunction with constant albumin or recurring with hyaline and granular casts or red blood cells; or, transient or slight edema or hypertension at least 10 percent disabling under Diagnostic Code 7101. Therefore, an initial compensable rating is denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's kidney stones, bilateral knee disability, neck disability, and low back disability are not service-connected as they do not have a direct link to his military service.

The Board found that the Veteran's metastatic renal cancer and skin cancer were not present during his period of active service or for many years thereafter, and the preponderance of evidence did not show a connection to his active service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including an updated examination for PTSD and issuance of a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC).

The Board finds that the Veteran's coronary artery disease, which is presumed to be related to his in-service herbicide exposure, contributed to his cause of death. Therefore, service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for microalbuminuria (claimed as kidney defect), peptic ulcer, yeast infections, anemia, hematuria and pyelonephritis were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of direct service connection.

The Veteran's claims for tinnitus, diabetes mellitus, type 2, erectile dysfunction, renal dysfunction, and heart disorder were denied as they are not service-connected based on the evidence of record.

The Board has remanded the case for further action due to a VLJ leaving the Board's employment and not scheduling a videoconference hearing as requested by the Veteran.