The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for chronic kidney disease stage 4.
The deciding factor: The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran prior to the promulgation of a decision, meeting the criteria for withdrawal under applicable law and regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease stage 4
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111005
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 35% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic kidney disease stage 4, diabetes mellitus type II, and hypertension to obtain an addendum opinion regarding their relationship to toxic exposure during military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's kidney disease is at least as likely as not aggravated by his service-connected hypertension, and if it had its onset in service between 2003 to 2004.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed, including obtaining the Veteran's complete service personnel records and any SSA disability benefits records. The VA examiner will be asked to provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran’s renal conditions are related to his military service, specifically including herbicide agent exposure.
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