The Board remands the claim for service connection of kidney damage to obtain an addendum opinion addressing its etiology, including whether it is caused by or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected conditions and toxic exposure risk activities.
The deciding factor: An addendum opinion is necessary due to incomplete medical evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's kidney disability.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney damage
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25051320
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,772 · Granted: 37% (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
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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