The Board has granted the veteran's claims for increased ratings for peripheral vascular disease of both feet and ankles, but found that higher ratings are not warranted. The veteran is also service-connected for syphilis with erectile dysfunction at a noncompensable rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show symptoms or manifestations of service-connected peripheral vascular disease that more nearly approximate the next higher schedular rating criteria (20%) under Diagnostic Code 7121, which requires persistent edema incompletely relieved by elevation of the affected extremity. The veteran's current ratings are therefore appropriate.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral vascular disease, osteoarthritis of the knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0638587
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