The Board denied the veteran's claim for a temporary total rating for convalescence following an October 2000 right below-the-knee amputation, finding that the treatment was not for a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The treatment for the right below-the-knee amputation was due to peripheral vascular disease, which is not service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of shell fragment wound of the left eye, peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0217178
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