The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of January 21, 2011 for the grant of service connection for chronic kidney disease is granted. The case is remanded for further development related to increased ratings and SMC.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined based on the earliest diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, which occurred on June 1, 2010, but entitlement arose as early as May 14, 2010 when the Veteran filed an informal claim for a higher rating for diabetes mellitus type II.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease, low back strain, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy with radiculopathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy with radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2018
- Citation
- 1805913
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all his appeals, including the one for an increased rating for low back strain.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic kidney disease, effective January 30, 1998. The decision is based on newly associated service treatment records that were not previously considered in the original denial of the claim.
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