The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for phlebitis with pulmonary embolism prior to December 6, 2002 and an increased rating. The claim for service connection of an abdominal aortic aneurysm with stent placement was also denied as it is not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disease or injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show intermittent edema, aching and fatigue in the leg after prolonged standing or walking relieved by elevation of extremity or compression hosiery for phlebitis with pulmonary embolism prior to December 6, 2002. The veteran's abdominal aortic aneurysm with stent placement was not related to service-connected phlebitis and pulmonary embolism.
- Claimed conditions
- phlebitis with pulmonary embolism
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2007
- Citation
- 0711293
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