The Board has determined that the veteran's renal insufficiency and polycystic kidney disability is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected degenerative joint disease of the left knee, which he treated with NSAIDS.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that it was as likely as not that the veteran's prolonged use of NSAIDs worsened his renal insufficiency related to his polycystic kidney disease.
- Claimed conditions
- gout, degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, left shoulder, both wrists, both ankles
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0329046
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