The Board has determined that the veteran's varicose veins are related to his in-service injury, and thus service connection is granted. However, there is no evidence of current hepatitis or its residuals.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found a 50% chance that the veteran's current left leg varicosities developed post-traumatically from an alleged in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a left leg injury, Residuals of hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0622927
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Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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