The Veteran's kidney stones were found to have been recurrent and requiring therapy since his initial claim in July 2012, leading to a grant of a 30% rating effective from that date.
The deciding factor: The signs and symptoms of the Veteran’s kidney stones at the time of his initial claim on July 22, 2012 were indicative of recurrent formation requiring therapy, as confirmed by the December 2014 VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney stones
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18161302
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