The Board has granted service connection for end stage renal disease and set the effective date to November 18, 1975.
The deciding factor: The RO's March 25, 1976 rating decision was clearly erroneous due to its failure to consider evidence of a preexisting condition (acute glomerulonephritis) that existed prior to service and continued post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic renal failure, end stage renal disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0013046
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What this means for you
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