The Board has determined that the veteran's kidney stones have been manifest throughout the appeal period by passage of six stones in 2002 and occasional episodes of renal colic, with one brief hospitalization for a lithotripsy procedure in November 2005. The criteria are not met for an initial rating higher than 10 percent for kidney stones.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disability level is adequately described by the current 10 percent schedular rating and there is no evidence of exceptional circumstances that would take his case outside the norm so as to warrant referral for consideration of an extraschedular evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney stones
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0619362
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