The Board granted the restoration of separate service connection for renal dysfunction and the restoration of entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) benefits.
The deciding factor: The grant of service connection was found not to be clearly and unmistakably erroneous, as the Veteran's renal dysfunction is a distinct condition secondary to his service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- renal dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106690
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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