The Board granted a 30 percent initial disability rating for service-connected kidney cancer and denied an increased rating greater than 30 percent. The claim for service connection for hypertension was remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's glomerular filtration rate approximated chronic kidney disease, warranting a 30 percent rating, but there was no evidence of urinary leakage or obstructive voiding requiring catheterization to support a higher rating. For hypertension, the claim was remanded due to an incomplete duty to assist regarding in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney cancer, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25018837
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