The Board granted service connection for bone and spine lesions and bilateral hydronephrosis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, but dismissed the claim for bladder cancer, metastatic urothelial cancer, gross hematuria, and transitional cell carcinoma.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's bone and spine lesions and bilateral hydronephrosis were proximately due to his service-connected disabilities, warranting a grant of service connection. The claim for bladder cancer-related conditions was dismissed as it had already been granted with an effective date from the date of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hydronephrosis, bone and spine lesions
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25049771
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 828 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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