The Board has granted service connection for chronic kidney disease, right shoulder arthritis, and cervical spine arthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities. The Veteran is also awarded special monthly compensation on account of need for regular aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on medical opinions that the Veteran’s current conditions were caused or aggravated by his service-connected knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease, right shoulder arthritis, cervical spine arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19165615
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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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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for chronic kidney disease was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a Notice of Disagreement within one year of the rating decision.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including right shoulder arthritis, left shoulder arthritis, right hip condition, left hip condition, low back disability, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, as there was no evidence of in-service injury or illness related to these conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a vitamin D deficiency and remanded claims for coronary artery disease, status post femoral bypass, chronic kidney disease, and anemia due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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