Kidney disease Board decisions

The veteran died of acute renal failure, cerebrovascular accident, and gastrointestinal bleeding. The cause of death is not service-connected as there was no evidence of a service-connected disability that caused or contributed to the veteran's death.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for a higher rating, finding that his residuals of right renal calculi with minimal strictures on the anterior urethra do not warrant a rating higher than 20 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current diagnoses of an eye or kidney disability, and therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected conditions did not cause or contribute substantially to his death. The claim for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) was also denied.

The veteran's death was not caused or materially contributed to by his service-connected disability, and the significant conditions contributing to his death were unrelated to his military service.

The veteran's cause of death was not related to his active duty service, and the appellant did not meet the one-year deadline for filing a claim for accrued benefits.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's urethral condition, assigned a 10% disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae, and found that prior denials of service connection for prostate, kidney disease, and pseudofolliculitis barbae were not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The Board found that the veteran's renal disease was congenital in nature and not related to his active duty service, thus denying the claim.

The veteran's type II diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, macular edema and end-stage renal disease are all service-connected due to exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney disability, finding no current evidence of such condition and noting that there is no association between his in-service gonorrhea and any present kidney disability.

The Board found that the veteran's death was due to acute renal failure, but not related to his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder. The appellant is also not eligible for Dependents' Educational Assistance as her spouse did not meet the eligibility criteria.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's kidney disability as secondary to his service-connected Reiter's syndrome. The right and left knee disabilities are both rated at 10 percent, but the veteran is seeking higher evaluations.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused or substantially contributed to by any service-connected disability, including his hypertension and PTSD. The cause of death was attributed to metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

The Board found that the veteran's benign prostatic hypertrophy, loss of use of a creative organ, and kidney disorder were not related to active service.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and thus denied his claim for service connection of cause of death. The DIC claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 was also denied due to lack of legal merit.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by VA medical treatment, and thus denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the cause of his death.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a request for DD Form 1141 and a dose estimate based on the veteran's participation in Operation CROSSROADS.

The Board has remanded the case for further examination and opinion regarding service connection for renal disease, hypertension, and their relationship to in-service exposure at Camp Lejeune.

The Board found no competent medical evidence linking any claimed conditions to service, resulting in denial of all service connection claims.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney disorder, finding that it did not result from active service or a service-connected disability.