The Veteran's claim for additional dependency compensation is remanded due to the inextricability of the service connection claim for chronic kidney disease, stage 3. The claims are being remanded together as they could affect each other’s outcome.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current disability status and the potential impact on his combined disability rating make the service connection claim intertwined with the dependency benefits claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease stage 3
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20061786
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension and chronic kidney disease stage 3 as secondary to hypertension, finding no evidence of in-service incurrence or a positive nexus between the conditions and the Veteran's active duty.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus II, a heart stent, chronic kidney disease stage 3, anxiety with stress, and a lumbar spine disability as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 60 percent for chronic kidney disease stage 3 based on the Veteran's GFR results between 30 and 44 mL/min/1.73 m2.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for increased ratings and denied service connection for right foot pes planus, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease stage 3.
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