The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected right and left foot residuals of cold injury did not cause or contribute substantially to his death from arteriosclerotic heart disease.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence linking the veteran's service-connected bilateral foot disabilities to his cardiovascular disability, which was the immediate cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- status postoperative hemorrhoids, pruritis ani, right and left foot residuals of cold injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2007
- Citation
- 0725743
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected pruritis ani is currently rated at 10 percent and the Board has determined that a higher rating is not warranted.
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