The Veteran's PVD of both right and left lower extremities is found to be caused by his service-connected diabetes and hypertension, thus granting service connection on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The VHA specialist concluded that the Veteran's service-connected diabetes and hypertension alone are at least as likely as not to have caused his PVD, with consideration of other risk factors such as tobacco use and dyslipidemia.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) of the right lower extremity, Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2012
- Citation
- 1218187
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 29, 2005, for the grant of service connection for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) of both lower extremities and denied increased ratings for PVD from August 25, 2005, to July 6, 2006, with a rating of 20 percent granted from July 7, 2006, to July 6, 2007. The Board also denied an effective date prior to August 25, 2015, for the grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for PVD of the right and left lower extremities, secondary to service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD), effective from the date of the decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for PVD of the bilateral lower extremities due to inadequate rationale in a previous VA medical opinion. The case requires further development, including obtaining another VA addendum medical opinion from a different examiner.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for PVD of the bilateral lower extremities due to insufficient evidence and incomplete examinations. The Veteran asserts that his PVD is related to in-service herbicide exposure or caused by his service-connected CAD.
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