The Board found that the veteran's end-stage renal disease was not incurred in or aggravated by service, may not be presumed to have been incurred in service, and is not shown to be proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA physician concluded that the veteran's end stage renal disease is related to congenital malformations of the kidneys and/or a staghorn calculus in the right kidney, but neither would be related to his malaria or the anti-malarial medications he was given.
- Claimed conditions
- End-Stage Renal Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0200998
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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