The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic kidney disease and a prostate disability have been denied as there is no evidence of such conditions during his active duty or within one year post-service, and the preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that these disabilities are related to herbicide exposure in service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's STRs do not show any complaints, findings, treatment, or diagnosis for chronic kidney disease or prostate disability. The current diagnoses were first noted post-service, and there is no credible evidence linking these conditions to his military service, including as due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease, Prostate Disability (claimed as prostatitis and benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH))
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2016
- Citation
- 1638476
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