The Veteran's facial scarring, depression, varicose veins of the lower extremities, and bilateral knee disabilities are all found to be related to her service. The right wrist disability is also found to be related to service.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records document injuries sustained during active duty service which led to current diagnoses of facial scarring, depression, varicose veins, and bilateral knee disabilities. A VA examiner opined that the Veteran's right wrist disability was at least as likely as not caused by her fall while on INACDUTRA in 2005.
- Claimed conditions
- facial scarring, depression, varicose veins of the left lower extremity, varicose veins of the right lower extremity, bilateral knee disability, right wrist disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2015
- Citation
- 1522886
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- Remanded (sent back)
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