The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for vascular disease and venous insufficiency, which were secondary to his radical prostate surgery used to treat his service-connected adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The VA examiners found no medical evidence that these disabilities were related to or aggravated by the prostate surgery.
The deciding factor: The Board placed greater weight on the April 2003 and August 2004 VA opinions, which noted the veteran's history of venous insufficiency and vascular disease prior to surgery and found no medical evidence that these disabilities were related to or aggravated by the prostate surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- vascular disease, venous insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0630289
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