The Board denied the appellant's claims for an increased rating for varicose veins in the right leg and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability. The appellant's varicose veins were currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling, with no evidence of exceptional or unusual disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a higher evaluation for the appellant's right leg varicose veins and his condition was not considered sufficiently severe to render him unemployable due to service-connected disabilities alone.
- Claimed conditions
- varicose veins in the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0206280
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What this means for you
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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).
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