The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bladder and/or renal neoplasms and cystic kidney disease, as these conditions are claimed to be secondary to service-connected Crohn's disease. The decision is pending further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran served in Southwest Asia but his personnel records have not been obtained, which may affect the determination of exposure status.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder and/or renal neoplasms, cystic kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2024
- Citation
- 24011688
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension is granted service connection under the PACT Act, and his cystic kidney disease is granted as secondary to his service-connected hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's cystic kidney disease is related to his service-connected prostate cancer and/or exposure to Agent Orange during military service. The Veteran will need a VA examination to address these issues.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the reinstatement of a 30% rating for cystic kidney disease, denied service connection for supraventricular tachycardia and old myocardial infarction, and denied initial ratings in excess of 10% for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for cystic kidney disease and heart disease, as well as denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for prostate cancer.
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