The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for chronic kidney disease as a complication of hypertension, finding that the issue was not within the scope of the Veteran's initial claim and there was no evidence suggesting a relationship between hypertension and chronic kidney disease until the September 2025 application.
The deciding factor: The June 30, 2021 Supplemental Claim for service connection for hypertension did not include a reasonably raised claim for service connection for chronic kidney disease as a secondary complication of the hypertension. The record lacked evidence suggesting any relationship between hypertension and chronic kidney disease until the September 22, 2025 application.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2026
- Citation
- A26020556
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