The Board has granted a 40 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected varicose veins of the right lower extremity, finding that the disability is manifested by persistent edema and stasis pigmentation or eczema with intermittent ulceration.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran's varicose veins are manifested by persistent edema and stasis dermatitis, which meets the criteria for a 40 percent evaluation under the revised rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Varicose veins of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2005
- Citation
- 0500647
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for varicose veins of the right and left lower extremities have been denied as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7120.
- Partly granted
The veteran's lumbosacral strain/degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine was granted service connection, while claims for Raynaud's syndrome and varicose veins were denied. The issues related to atrophy of the right lower extremity, Raynaud's syndrome/neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, and postoperative residuals of bilateral inguinal hernia repair are being remanded.
- Granted
The veteran's varicose veins of the right lower extremity are currently rated at 10 percent, and his residuals of fractures to the tip of the little finger and fifth metacarpal of the right hand are also rated at 0 percent. The Board has determined that these ratings are appropriate based on the criteria provided in the Rating Schedule.
- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's varicose veins of the right lower extremity do not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent.
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