The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to address evidence of edema related to chronic kidney disease, which could potentially affect the rating assigned.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the Board did not consider evidence of lower extremity edema that may be related to the Veteran's service-connected chronic kidney disease.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease, stage III
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19135349
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and chronic kidney disease, stage III, as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus. However, the issue of service connection for bilateral peripheral neuropathy is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
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