The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral vascular disease as secondary to trench feet, finding that there was no causal link between the two conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners' opinions supported by reasoned analysis of the medical record concluded that the veteran's peripheral vascular disease was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected trench feet.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2003
- Citation
- 0313331
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What this means for you
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