The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for removal of a kidney, finding no evidence that the veteran has had a disability related to such removal during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran has not had a kidney removal and has normal kidney function. The Board finds that the evidence of record persuasively weighs against finding that the veteran has had a disability related to removal of a kidney at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- removal of a kidney
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25049120
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Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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