The Board has determined that the effective date for the award of a total rating based on individual unemployability is December 12, 1996. This decision was made because there is evidence showing an increase in disability related to the service-connected left leg condition as it relates to the veteran's ability to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The effective date of the award was determined based on the earliest date that it is factually ascertainable that an increase in disability occurred, consistent with the veteran's inability to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- thrombophlebitis left lower leg, pulmonary vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0023264
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0023264.
What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals as untimely, and no service connection was granted or denied.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for chondrosarcoma prior to November 26, 2021, and denied a higher rating for rib removal. Pulmonary vascular disease was rated at 60 percent effective May 26, 2021, and anterior chest scar was rated at 10 percent effective the same date.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for pulmonary vascular disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected menstrual disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection for amyloidosis and pulmonary vascular disease is remanded to issue a statement of the case under the Legacy appeals system.
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