The Board denied service connection for kidney cysts, finding that the Veteran's cysts are not related to exposure to herbicide agents or service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a detailed opinion explaining there is no medical support for a relationship between the Veteran's remote trauma and renal cysts, which were found to be unrelated to service connection criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney cysts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20025705
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