The Board has reopened the service connection claim for a kidney disability due to new evidence received since the final denial. However, it denied service connection for current right kidney stones and granted service connection for left kidney stones and chronic kidney disease.
The deciding factor: There was no in-service diagnosis or treatment of right kidney stones, and the Veteran's current left kidney stone is not related to his service due to lack of continuity of symptoms since separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney stones, chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19166959
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What this means for you
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