The Board has granted service connection for end stage renal disease, status post transplant, as secondary to the service-connected pulmonary sarcoidosis.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted because the evidence is at least in equipoise that the kidney failure was caused by the service-connected pulmonary sarcoidosis.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney failure, end stage renal disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1754710
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to readjudicate the previously denied claims of service connection for hypertension and kidney failure. The AOJ is required to consider this new evidence in deciding these claims.
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