The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his kidney condition. The claim will be reviewed again after this additional development.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed as the previous opinion was inadequate and did not address all relevant factors, such as the Veteran's reported history of kidney pathology during service and post-service symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral kidney cysts, right kidney lesion, adrenal adenoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2015
- Citation
- 1508372
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for adrenal adenoma and WBC count abnormality, finding that there is no persuasive evidence to support these conditions as being related to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an adrenal adenoma is being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The AOJ needs to request complete copies of the treatment records submitted by the Veteran and obtain authorization from him to release these records.
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension is related to acknowledged herbicide exposure in service and granted pursuant to the PACT Act. The issues of adrenal adenoma, BPH, essential thrombocythemia, MPN, polycythemia vera, renal lesion, and polymyalgia rheumatica are remanded for further examination and opinion regarding their relationship to herbicide exposure.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for benign scrotal cysts and bilateral kidney cysts, both of which were not found to be related to his exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
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