The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for an increased rating of peripheral vascular disease of the lower extremities with osteomyelitis of the left great toe is not well-grounded. The claim for service connection for sleep apnea was also denied as there was no competent evidence linking the condition to active service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's private doctors related his sleep apnea to his service-connected diabetes, but this relationship has not been substantiated by medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral vascular disease of the lower extremities with osteomyelitis of the left great toe
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0006855
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What this means for you
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