The Board grants an effective date of February 10, 2003 for the grant of service connection for peripheral vascular disease, left lower extremity.
The deciding factor: Entitlement to service connection arose on February 10, 2003 when a VA examination diagnosed venous insufficiency.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral vascular disease, left lower extremity (also claimed as venous insufficiency)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0814378
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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