The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a kidney disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted since the March 1984 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The newly received evidence did not relate to the claimed kidney disorder but rather to a bladder disorder. The evidence was deemed insufficient to reopen the claim as it did not provide significant information about the veteran's kidney condition in service or within the presumptive period following service.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0217202
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What this means for you
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