The Board has determined that the Veteran's current kidney condition, including chronic pyelonephritis and bilateral scarring, is related to his service. As a result, the claim for service connection for a kidney disorder is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran had chronic pyelonephritis during service which led to current kidney disease, and the Board found this relationship to be at least in equipoise.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral kidney disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193411
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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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