The Veteran's service-connected disabilities qualify him for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has a permanent and total disability rating due to his service-connected kidney disease, which meets the basic eligibility requirements for DEA benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension with chronic kidney disease, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2012
- Citation
- 1212813
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Related decisions
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of death due to ESRD, which was found to be related to exposure to toxic substances during military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for hypertension and ESRD, finding that new evidence supports these claims. The Veteran's hypertension is found to have had its onset during active duty, and it is at least as likely as not that his ESRD is secondary to his hypertension.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension with chronic kidney disease and PTSD have been reopened, but the right shoulder disability claim remains denied. The case is remanded to consider the PTSD claim on its merits.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's ESRD is being remanded due to multiple pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including the need for SSA disability records and private treatment records from Baylor University and FMC Irving Dialysis. An addendum VA medical opinion is also needed regarding the likely etiology of his kidney disease.
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