The Board has determined that the appellant's service-connected nephrolithiasis could have provided the etiological factor in the development of his ESRD, leading to a right kidney transplant. Therefore, service connection is granted for chronic glomerulonephritis, status post right kidney transplant.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence presented suggests that the appellant's long-standing history of renal calculus disease could have contributed to the development of end stage renal disease (ESRD) and subsequent need for a right kidney transplant.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic glomerulonephritis, ESRD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0010402
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