The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right kidney disorder is not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's current right kidney disorder and his in-service hydronephrosis, pyelonephritis, or surgery. The Veteran has no objective medical evidence of treatment prior to March 2011 for a right kidney disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Kidney Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2015
- Citation
- 1522159
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