The Board has granted the veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for a below the knee amputation as secondary to the residuals of his service-connected post-operative right inguinal hernia. The decision concludes that there is no evidence linking the veteran's below the knee amputation directly to his inservice hernia surgery.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the below the knee amputation was not related to the service-connected post-operative right inguinal hernia, but rather due to arteriosclerotic occlusive disease and thrombosis of the popliteal system.
- Claimed conditions
- Below the knee amputation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0001103
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