Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic kidney disease as secondary to hypertension, and also granted separate ratings of 10 percent for right and left ninth cranial nerve incomplete paralysis, and a 30 percent rating for eighth cranial nerve impairment, all associated with the Veteran's brainstem stroke syndrome. The hypertension claim was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether chronic kidney disease was caused by service-connected hypertension, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran. For the other issues, the ratings were granted based on the severity of the associated symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, chronic kidney disease, right ninth cranial nerve incomplete paralysis, left ninth cranial nerve incomplete paralysis, eighth cranial nerve impairment
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010594
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