The Veteran's service-connected renal failure and postoperative residuals of a kidney transplant resulted in the termination of his total rating. The Board finds that the reduction was not proper due to lack of compliance with applicable regulations, but restores the original 100% rating for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder, knee, hip, and left forearm disorders as secondary to his service-connected renal failure and postoperative residuals of a kidney transplant.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal Failure, Right Shoulder Pain and Arthritis, Right Knee Pain and Arthritis, Right Hip Pain and Chronic Flexor Strain, Right Ankle Pain, Arthritis, and Osteoporosis, Left Arm Pain due to AV Fistulae from Treatment for Renal Failure
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2013
- Citation
- 1343496
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