The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for absent right kidney and acquired left kidney disabilities, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical opinion or other evidence showing a link between the Veteran’s current kidney conditions and his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- absent right kidney, diabetic nephropathy, hypertensive nephropathy, chronic renal failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19192293
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