The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia and an increased rating for costochondritis. The claim for service connection is based on a lack of evidence linking the condition to service or any other factor, while the claim for an increased rating is also denied due to insufficient evidence supporting a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish that renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia was incurred during service or as secondary to costochondritis. The VA examiner found no direct link between the two conditions and concluded that ibuprofen, used for costochondritis, did not cause or worsen the kidney problem.
- Claimed conditions
- Costochondritis, Renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2004
- Citation
- 0400179
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Decisions by this judge: 685 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 18, 2012, for a finding of total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU). The Board found that the Veteran was not unemployable within one year prior to his July 18, 2012, claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial compensable rating for costochondritis is denied, and the Board has remanded his claim of service connection for a headache condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's costochondritis and asthma have been granted service connection, with a 10% evaluation for asthma.
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