The Board has granted service connection for a respiratory disability (diagnosed as pneumonia) and a kidney disability (diagnosed as chronic kidney disease), both found to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's respiratory and kidney disabilities were proximately caused by his service-connected CLL.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disability (pneumonia), kidney disability (chronic kidney disease)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1750763
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