The Veteran's kidney cysts and depression are not service-connected. The Board denied the claims for service connection due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's current kidney cysts or psychiatric disorder with his period of service, including a service-connected disability or presumed exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- Kidney Cysts, Depression (claimed as anxiety, insomnia, and neuropsychiatric condition)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2009
- Citation
- 0920410
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims due to incomplete information regarding his service dates and medical records. The issues of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for kidney cysts, service connection for prostate cancer, and service connection for hepatitis B are being sent back for further development.
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