The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right renal cyst, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his active-duty service at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided did not support a relation between the Veteran's right renal cyst and exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune or any other in-service event.
- Claimed conditions
- right renal cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22028550
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