The veteran's right kidney disability, with loss of function, is a result of surgical treatment performed at a VA medical facility in 1980.
The deciding factor: The surgery resulted in permanent damage to the right kidney and subsequent loss of function.
- Claimed conditions
- Right kidney disability, Bladder infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 72%
- Decision date
- November 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0430431
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's right kidney disability, including whether it is related to service or his service-connected schizophrenia.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a right kidney disability due to medication prescribed for his service-connected back disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a causal relationship between the medications and the atrophic right kidney.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for bladder infections and bowel condition due to the death of the appellant.
- Granted
The Veteran's right kidney disability, sexual dysfunction, and bowel disability were caused or aggravated by VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault during a September 1998 laparoscopic ureterolysis. As such, the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 have been met.
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