The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection for atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease, finding no evidence of a direct relationship to his active duty service and insufficient medical opinion linking it to nicotine dependence/tobacco use during service.
The deciding factor: There is no persuasive medical opinion linking the current diagnosis of atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease to either active duty service or secondary to nicotine dependence/tobacco use in service.
- Claimed conditions
- atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0205206
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