The Board has determined that there is no causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service right foot cellulitis and his current above-the-knee amputation of the right leg, and thus denied service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VHA opinion found it unlikely that a mosquito bite during service caused or accelerated the Veteran's genetic mutation leading to his hypercoagulable state and subsequent DVTs resulting in the amputation.
- Claimed conditions
- above the knee amputation of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1411078
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