The Veteran's varicose veins of the left leg were found to have been incurred in service and are therefore granted service connection. The Board also finds that the Veteran has other service-connected disabilities for which increased evaluations are warranted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology since service discharge, with competent testimony from the Veteran supporting this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- varicose veins of the left lower extremity, cervical spine disorder, lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease (lumbar spine disability), left shoulder injury (left shoulder disability), right shoulder deformity due to injury and surgical procedures (right shoulder disability), residual symptoms, status-post right ankle fracture and repair (right ankle disability)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2012
- Citation
- 1229319
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, shin splints of the right and left lower extremities, multiple sclerosis (MS), thoracolumbar spine disorder, cervical spine disorder, left elbow disorder, left knee disorder, migraine headaches, and right knee disorder are dismissed.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection of a bilateral foot disorder is dismissed. The appeals for service connection of OSA, cervical spine disorder, left shoulder disorder, right shoulder disorder, left elbow disorder, right elbow disorder, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, and right ankle disorder are remanded.
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