The Board has granted the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for bilateral lower extremity varicose veins and has determined that the disability was aggravated during service. The case is also remanded for a VA spine examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's low back strain with degenerative disc disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since April 1981 raised a possibility of substantiating the service connection claim for bilateral lower extremity varicose veins, and the disability was found to be aggravated during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity varicose veins, low back strain with degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2014
- Citation
- 1408280
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