The Board has granted service connection for peripheral vascular insufficiency, finding it was incurred due to exposure to burn pit hazards during active duty.
The deciding factor: The VA examination and medical records supported the Veteran's claim of exposure to burn pits as a cause of his peripheral vascular insufficiency.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral vascular insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2013
- Citation
- 1331362
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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.
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