Kidney disease Board decisions

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination. The examiner must provide an opinion on whether it is as likely as not that the veteran's renal and metastatic cancers were incurred in or aggravated by service, including exposure to herbicide agents.

The veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center from March 31, 2006 to April 8, 2006 are now eligible for reimbursement due to the presence of a medical emergency and lack of feasible VA treatment options.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed conditions were not caused or aggravated by service, and denied all claims for service connection.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board has determined that the effective date for the award of special monthly pension (SMP) for aid and attendance should be July 19, 2007.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a disability incurred in or aggravated by his active-duty service, including exposure to herbicides and sun exposure. The cause of death listed on the death certificate was respiratory arrest due to acute on chronic renal failure due to malignant ascites due to malignant melanoma.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion and procedural deficiencies, including failure to provide notice of disability ratings and effective dates.

The veteran's kidney failure, now status post transplant, is found to have been incurred during service.,There is no evidence that the veteran's skin cancer was caused by herbicide exposure or any other incident of service.

The veteran's loss of the right kidney was a result of a perforation during a procedure to examine her left kidney, which was considered a foreseeable complication. The Board found that VA did not act negligently or carelessly in performing the procedure and thus granted benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for Gulf War Syndrome, fibromyalgia, a disability of the nervous system, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, gastric disability, liver disability, and kidney disability. The reasons given were that the veteran did not serve in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War and Gulf War Syndrome is not considered a recognized condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for renal disease and cancer of the left tonsil, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his active service or exposure to ionizing radiation.

The veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on need for aid and attendance is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board has denied service connection for a kidney cyst and left hand arthritis as there is no evidence of these conditions during or after service, and the veteran's statements are not considered sufficient to establish current disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and a renal disorder secondary to hypertension, finding that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim. The Board also found that hypertension was not incurred or aggravated in service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.

The Board has denied the reopening of previously denied claims for service connection for beriberi, a pulmonary disability, and a kidney disorder. The veteran's current assertions do not provide new and material evidence to support these claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for kidney disorder, hypertension, and gastroesophageal reflux disease as they were not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the claim to reopen service connection for residuals of a bayonet wound of the left hip due to lack of new and material evidence.,Service connection was not granted for renal calculus, right eye disability, or osteoarthritis as there is no evidence showing these conditions were incurred in service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete compliance with previous directions.

The Board denied all service connection claims, finding that the veteran did not have a psychiatric disorder in service or develop one later. The chronic sinusitis claim was also denied as there is no evidence of current sinusitis related to service. Other conditions were not found to be service-connected.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right radical nephrectomy, secondary to renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney and PTSD. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to service or presumed Agent Orange exposure.