The Board granted service connection for chronic kidney disease (CKD) as secondary to hypertension (HTN), resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence is relatively balanced and supports a finding that the Veteran's CKD was caused or aggravated by his service-connected HTN, with opinions from both VA and private clinicians supporting this conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050660
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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