The Board finds that the medical evidence of record supports the Veteran's contention that she has residuals of wart removal of the left leg which are causally related to her military service. Service connection is granted for these residuals.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report noted the Veteran's history of a wart excision from the left lower mid lateral extremity in September 1973, and upon physical examination, she was found to have status-post wart removal with telangiectasia in the left lateral mid leg. The Board finds that this evidence is in equipoise and grants service connection for residuals of a wart removal.
- Claimed conditions
- telangiectasia, wart
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1029859
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The Veteran's PTSD, bipolar disorder, depressive disorder, and other specific trauma and stressor-related disorder are granted. Service connection is also established for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbosacral strain and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, right leg disability, cellulitis, telangiectasia, photoaging, sebaceous hyperplasia, actinic keratosis, and herpes. An effective date earlier than July 22, 2015 for left lower leg laceration with infection and drainage is denied.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's current skin condition, telangiectasia, did not manifest in service or is otherwise related to service. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.
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