The Board found that the veteran's renal cyst did not manifest during service and is not causally or etiologically related to his service-connected prostatitis. Therefore, the claim for service connection for a renal cyst was denied.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a current diagnosis of a renal cyst in service or within close proximity thereto, and there was insufficient evidence linking any current renal cyst to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal Cyst
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0715000
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