The Board found that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 20 percent for lymphedema of both lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence did not indicate stasis pigmentation or eczema, nor numbness or cold sensitivity with tissue loss, nail abnormalities, impaired sensation, color changes, hyperhidrosis, or x-ray abnormalities as required for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Lymphedema of the left lower extremity, Lymphedema of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0906584
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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