Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's UPJ obstruction repair (kidney) is a congenital defect or disease and whether there was any superimposed in-service injury or aggravation.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to an incorrect standard applied by the April 2023 examiner, which constitutes a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of UPJ obstruction repair (kidney)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021157
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