The Board has granted service connection for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) as the Veteran's current PKD was first clinically diagnosed during his active military service and there is not clear and unmistakable evidence that it was not aggravated by his service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions are divided on whether the Veteran's PKD was aggravated by his service, but the Board finds that the evidence does not clearly and unmistakably demonstrate that the disease was not aggravated by the particular circumstances of his service (deployment to Kuwait and Iraq).
- Claimed conditions
- polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18158431
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What this means for you
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