The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for acute kidney disease secondary to his service-connected CAD and for TDIU due to a lack of adequate medical opinions regarding the relationship between these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners' opinions were insufficient, as they did not provide adequate rationale regarding whether the medication used to treat the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated his acute kidney disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute kidney disease, Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2023
- Citation
- 23015224
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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