Kidney disease Board decisions

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO. The case will be returned to the Board after this action.

The Board has determined that the veteran's renal carcinoma is related to exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for residuals of a gunshot wound to the right forearm and residuals of a kidney injury with bladder urgency, secondary to a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The current ratings are found to be appropriate.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a medical opinion regarding whether the veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his gunshot wound residuals and COPD, contributed to cause or hastened his death.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical records and readjudication of the claim.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date and CUE in the April 1962 rating decision was dismissed as the issues were finally decided by the Board in April 2004.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused or contributed to by any service-connected disability, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.

The veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, vision loss, peripheral neuropathy, and kidney disorder are remanded due to the need to determine if he was exposed to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam.

The Board found that the veteran's kidney disorder is not causally related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus and denied the claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for the cause of his death and entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to a lack of evidence linking his death to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and denied DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to a lack of evidence linking the veteran's death to his military service or any service-connected disabilities.

The veteran died from non-service-connected causes and was not buried in a state or national cemetery. Therefore, the claim for non-service-connected burial benefits and plot allowance is denied.

The Board finds that the cause of the veteran's death, cardiorespiratory failure secondary to renal failure, was not incurred or aggravated by his military service. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for end-stage renal disease as secondary to hypertension and his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not support a finding that the veteran's renal disease was related to service or aggravated by his service-connected conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's left renal calculus does not meet or approximate the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and a need for a VA medical opinion regarding whether service-connected diverticulitis contributed substantially or materially to the veteran's death.

The veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and chronic kidney failure due to herbicide exposure are all granted.

The veteran withdrew his claims for gout, hiatal hernia, kidney stones, and fatty tumors before the Board could make a decision.

The Board denied service connection for kidney disability, colon cancer, diabetes mellitus, type II, and diabetic neuropathy as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active duty.

The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death was not incurred in or aggravated by active duty, nor may such incurrence or aggravation be presumed. The appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is denied.