Your claim for service connection for kidney removal has been granted in a previous rating decision, and the issue is now moot.
The deciding factor: The RO previously granted service connection for bladder cancer with left nephrectomy, which includes kidney removal as part of the disability picture.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney removal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24076862
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for kidney cancer, kidney removal, painful periumbilical scar status post partial nephrectomy, and surgical scars status post partial nephrectomy. The effective date of service connection was granted as May 13, 2023.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for kidney cancer, kidney removal, and scarring status post kidney removal due to insufficient evidence and the need for a VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating greater than 30 percent for kidney removal and denied an earlier effective date prior to August 18, 2020, for the grant of service connection for kidney removal.
- Dismissed
Your appeal to have service connection for neoplasm of the kidney and kidney removal, claimed as residuals of renal failure, dismissed due to a violation of VA claims-processing rules.
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