The Board has determined that the veteran's kidney disease is secondary to his service-connected right knee arthrotomy residuals and grants the claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a nexus between the veteran's diabetic kidney disease and his long-term use of anti-inflammatory medications, particularly Naprosyn, which was prescribed for his service-connected arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0304760
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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