The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings have been granted, with effective dates ranging from October 15, 1979 to May 19, 1994. The Veteran is also entitled to a compensable rating for peritonitis since June 18, 1989.
The deciding factor: The claims were based on the direct service connection of various conditions secondary to end-stage renal disease and have been granted with appropriate effective dates.
- Claimed conditions
- End-stage renal disease, Arthropathy of the left and right hands, Necrosis of the hips, Bilateral cataracts, Osteoporosis of the ribs and toes, Peripheral neuropathy with right foot drop, Peritonitis, Hypothyroidism with orthostatic hypotension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2011
- Citation
- 1114040
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate VA examinations and ineffective assignment of an effective date. A new VA examination is required to assess the current severity of his service-connected bilateral dry eye syndrome and cataracts, with a focus on whether a separate compensable rating for dry eye syndrome is warranted.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral cataracts and status-post eye surgery, finding that the conditions are not related to service or in-service exposures.
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