The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for chronic kidney failure, finding that there is no competent medical evidence linking the condition to his active duty for training.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence linking the appellant's kidney disease to his active duty for training and the passage of over 40 years without medical documentation of a kidney disorder provided further evidence against the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0927231
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