The Board denied the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for history of kidney stones, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: The evidence added since November 2006 was not considered material because it did not provide any indication of current treatment or residuals from the in-service kidney stone episode.
- Claimed conditions
- history of kidney stones
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2012
- Citation
- 1218519
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