The Board granted service connection for hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and heart disease based on the evidence supporting a direct link to the Veteran's military service.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's conditions were due to or resulted from his service-connected disabilities, thus granting service connection under the 'benefit-of-the-doubt' rule.

Claimed conditions

hypertension, chronic kidney disease, to include hydronephrosis, kidney failure, dialysis, and transplant, heart disease, to include congestive heart failure, valvular heart disease, heart block, cardiomyopathy, and s/p pericardial effusion

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 29, 2025

Citation

A25093659

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