The Board denied service connection for a bullet wound and remanded the issue of service connection for a kidney condition, to include kidney cancer.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence that the Veteran has a current disability in the form of residuals from a bullet wound. The Veteran's pain does not rise to the level of a disability under Saunders v. Wilkie, 886 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2018). There is no evidence of an in-service event or injury regarding the claimed bullet wound.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a bullet wound, kidney condition, to include kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010702
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