Kidney disease Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, finding that none were incurred or aggravated by active military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, a kidney disability, bilateral knee joint pain, hand joint pain, and throat blockage. The appeals were reopened on new evidence but were ultimately denied.

The Board denied service connection for the claimed psychiatric disability, chancroid with lymphadenitis, kidney disorder, and abdominal pain/vomiting including dysentery and cholera.

The Board has granted service connection for renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney, status post nephrectomy, and basal cell carcinoma of the left forehead and the right cheek. The cancers are deemed to be related to incidents in service.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date of April 6, 1998 for his service connection for polycystic kidney disease.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development due to incomplete examination and lack of addressing certain questions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertension is secondary to his service-connected tuberculosis of the kidneys with ulceration of urinary bladder.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and end stage renal disease, finding no evidence of these conditions during or within one year after service.

The Board denied service connection for low back injury and loss of right kidney, finding no evidence of such conditions in service or a current disability related to service. Service connection was not granted for dental trauma or cold injury.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for shrapnel wound to the face was granted with a 10% evaluation. The claim for service connection of sickle cell trait with hematuria (claimed as kidney condition) has been reopened due to new and material evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's request to restore a 100 percent rating for his prostate cancer residuals, finding that there was no evidence of recurrence or improvement in his condition.

The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection and effective dates, with some issues receiving a 'granted' disposition.

The case is being remanded for a Travel Board hearing and further development of the claims.

The Board denied service connection for loss of teeth due to trauma and granted service connection for kidney stones with an initial noncompensable rating. The veteran disagrees with the noncompensable rating for his kidney stones and has appealed this issue.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus II warrants a 40 percent disability rating for the period between November 20, 2001 and January 8, 2002. The veteran is not entitled to an increased rating for his diabetes mellitus prior to that date or on or after January 9, 2002.

The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, metastatic renal cell carcinoma, was not caused or contributed to by service-connected conditions. The evidence did not show a link between the veteran's exposure to herbicides and his renal cancer.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for renal disease was denied. The RO granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, effective January 24, 2001, and also granted an earlier effective date of January 24, 2001, for service connection for renal disease on the basis that it was proximately due to the service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, metastatic renal cell cancer, was not caused or contributed by a service-connected condition. The service-connected ulcerative colitis did not contribute to his death.

The Board denied service connection for kidney disease as secondary to service-connected hypertension due to the lack of medical evidence showing that the veteran's current kidney disease was proximately due to or the result of his service-connected hypertension.

The Board has granted service connection for kidney disease as secondary to hypertension and has also granted entitlement to TDIU based on the veteran's multiple medical conditions, including coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and renal insufficiency.