The Board has determined that the veteran's end stage renal disease is due to kidney disease first manifested in service, and grants his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran developed kidney stones while in service, which led to recurrent infections and eventually required a left nephrectomy. The nexus between current renal failure and service-connected conditions was established based on clinical correlation from the SMRs (urinalysis, blood pressure after initial kidney stone, subsequent kidney infections, hematuria, IVP, BUN and creatine).
- Claimed conditions
- end stage renal disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2004
- Citation
- 0405049
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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