The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney disorder and granted it, finding that new evidence submitted since the July 2011 denial raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The private physician's opinion provided objective evidence of symptoms related to a kidney disorder, including the onset and frequency of symptoms and the circumstances of the Veteran's service.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney disorder, renal dysfunction, recurrent kidney stones
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1824223
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