The Board has determined that the veteran's kidney disorder, including his kidney transplant, is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the hematuria in service caused the veteran's kidney disease, with consideration of the benefit of doubt doctrine.
- Claimed conditions
- Kidney Disorder, End-Stage Renal Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0620647
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What this means for you
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