The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for kidney infection, finding that there is no current disability and the in-service kidney infection resolved after hospitalization.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence supports the fact that the Veteran's kidney infection resolved after her hospitalization during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19110467
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