The Board denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's recurrent renal calculi (kidney stones), finding that the current 30 percent schedular evaluation adequately reflected the disability picture associated with the veteran's kidney stones. The Board also found no basis for further action on the issue of assigning an extraschedular evaluation.
The deciding factor: The clinical documentation did not show any need for diet therapy, drug therapy, or invasive or non-invasive procedures more than twice a year, and the veteran's recurrent kidney stones were not manifested by decreased renal function, abnormal albumen levels, or hypertension. The Board also noted that the veteran had not been hospitalized or undergone an invasive or non-invasive procedure for his kidney stones since March 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal calculi (kidney stones)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0033761
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