The Board finds that the Veteran has residuals of frostbite of the hands, which is causally related to his service. The Veteran's claims for kidney stones and bladder disability are denied as there is no current evidence of a disability related to these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence of any residual from the Veteran's history of recurrent kidney stones or bladder disability, and the March 2009 VA examiner found that the Veteran's symptoms were more likely due to his stroke and benign prostatic hypertrophy.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of frostbite of the hands, kidney stones, bladder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2011
- Citation
- 1110607
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