The veteran is entitled to a 100 percent schedular rating for thrombophlebitis of the right lower extremity due to massive board-like edema and unemployability.
The deciding factor: The presence of massive board-like edema in the right lower extremity, along with evidence that it renders the veteran unemployable, more closely approximates a 100 percent rating than any lesser disability level under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- thrombophlebitis of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0809775
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Decisions by this judge: 1,325 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of issues related to a higher rating for thrombophlebitis, service connection for psychiatric disorder, TDIU claim, and cause of death.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased rating of thrombophlebitis and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder were denied. The claim for service connection was reopened due to new evidence, but no service connection is granted as there was no established diagnosis prior to the Veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran is not entitled to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to August 16, 2013. However, from August 16, 2013, the evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment, thus warranting a TDIU effective as of that date.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to failure to report for a VA examination and inadequate medical opinions.
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