The Board found that the veteran's venous insufficiency of the lower extremities was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and is not related to any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: VA medical records did not show varicosities, deep venous insufficiency or other form of vascular disease during service or until after a knee surgery that caused post-service symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- venous insufficiency of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0328996
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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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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for venous insufficiency of the lower extremities, which is secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, has been remanded due to inadequate examination reports and need for further medical opinion regarding causation or aggravation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's venous insufficiency of the lower extremities was not incurred or aggravated in service, and his post-operative pilonidal cyst with hidradenitis suppurative is currently rated at 10 percent. The Board denied both issues.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the claim for venous insufficiency of the lower extremities but denied service connection. The cerebral atrophy with bilateral lower extremity loss of balance was not linked to service, and PTSD was also not granted as service-connected.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disability and venous insufficiency of the lower extremities are not related to his military service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
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