The Board has granted service connection for left hand carpal tunnel syndrome as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected post kidney transplant glomerulonephritis. Service connection was denied for a low back disability, with the examiner opining that dialysis did not cause or aggravate the condition.
The deciding factor: VA examiners and a VHA medical advisory opinion concluded that the Veteran's left hand carpal tunnel syndrome is secondary to his service-connected post kidney transplant glomerulonephritis. The low back disability was found to be unrelated to the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hand Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Low Back Disability (Degenerative Joint Disease)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1725251
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