The Board denied service connection for vascular disease of the lower extremities, finding that there was no evidence to support a nexus between the condition and service or service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a direct link between the veteran's current vascular disease of the lower extremities and his military service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- vascular disease of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0722084
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