The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. §1151 for bladder infections and spasms as resulting from VA medical treatment in October 1996, finding no additional disability.,The Board also denied service connection for kidney infection and spasm claimed as secondary to service-connected residuals of a perforated right kidney, finding no current disability related to the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor:
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder Infections and Spasms, Kidney Infections and Spasms
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1748471
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