Kidney disease Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not service connected, with no exposure to herbicide agents and no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for kidney cancer, including as a result of herbicide exposure, finding no evidence linking the condition to his military service or presumed Agent Orange exposure.

The veteran is seeking service connection for diabetes mellitus and related conditions, including hypertension, peripheral neuropathy, rectal abscess, retinopathy, and renal insufficiency. The claim will be remanded to the RO for further development.

The Board has determined that the veteran's renal failure is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected hepatitis B, and thus grants service connection for renal failure on a secondary basis.

The veteran is seeking benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for kidney failure and proctitis, both claimed to be caused by medications or treatments provided at VA medical facilities. The RO has been instructed to review these claims with consideration of the new regulation effective September 2, 2004 (38 C.F.R. § 3.361), and to provide appropriate examinations for the veteran's conditions.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected schizophrenia did not contribute substantially or materially to his death from Staphylococcus aureus sepsis. The medical evidence does not support a direct causal relationship between the veteran's schizophrenia and his cause of death.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed disabilities are not related to service and have denied all of his claims.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board has determined that the veteran's stable, recurrent hepatorenal failure warrants a 60 percent disability rating.

The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death was not service-connected, and therefore denied both his claim for service connection for the cause of death and his DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.

The Board found that the veteran's thoracoabdominal aneurysm, myocardial infarction, and renal insufficiency were not caused by the June 1995 surgery at a VA Medical Center. The Board concluded that these conditions did not meet the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board found that the veteran's renal cell carcinoma and related conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by his military service, nor could they be presumed to have been so incurred. The Board also determined that there was no evidence showing a nexus between the veteran's fatal condition and Agent Orange exposure. As such, the claims for service connection were denied.

The Board found no evidence of polycystic kidney disease in service or related to a service-connected disability, and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and requests for additional information from various sources.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a comprehensive VA examination to determine if any of the claimed disabilities are related to the veteran's diabetes mellitus and/or his exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for his renal cyst, hemorrhoids, and scars. The evidence did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under applicable VA rating criteria.

The veteran died of acute congestive heart failure due to sepsis, and the Board found that his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder did not cause or contribute substantially to his death.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have any service-connected conditions.,There is no evidence of a current disability for renal cancer, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, or knee disorder. The low back disorder was diagnosed many years after service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's Type II diabetes, with associated retinopathy and chronic renal failure, is more likely than not related to her gestational diabetes during service.

The Board found that the causes of the veteran's death (sepsis, end-stage renal disease due to diabetes mellitus) were not caused or substantially contributed by his service-connected conditions.