The Board denied the claim for service connection of artery disease/peripheral vascular disease as secondary to hypertrophic lichen planus. However, it granted an earlier effective date for a 30 percent rating for hypertrophic lichen planus.
The deciding factor: The veteran's arterial and peripheral vascular issues were not found to be directly related to his service-connected hypertrophic lichen planus or its treatment with Accutane and methotrexate.
- Claimed conditions
- artery disease/peripheral vascular disease, hypertrophic lichen planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0025685
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