The Veteran's kidney transplant is denied as his renal failure was more likely due to diabetes, not the service-connected left kidney disability.,The right wrist disability is currently rated at 10 percent and no higher based on limitation of motion. The Veteran does not have ankylosis of the wrist.,The Veteran’s renal calculus of the left kidney is currently rated as 30 percent due to recurrent stone formation requiring invasive or non-invasive procedures more than two times a year. No further increase in rating is granted.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence does not support finding that the Veteran's renal failure was proximately due to, or aggravated by, his service-connected left kidney disability.,There is no ankylosis of the wrist and the Veteran’s right wrist condition does not meet criteria for a higher rating under DC 5214.,The Veteran's renal calculus meets the criteria for a 30 percent evaluation based on recurrent stone formation requiring invasive or non-invasive procedures more than two times per year.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney transplant, renal calculus of the left kidney
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101475
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