The Board denied the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a right kidney disability due to medication prescribed for his service-connected back disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a causal relationship between the medications and the atrophic right kidney.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the Veteran’s atrophic right kidney was likely congenital and not aggravated by the use of pain medications for his service-connected back disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right kidney disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- A19000239
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