The Board has determined that the Veteran's left leg peripheral vascular disease is service-connected as it could not be dissociated from his active military service.
The deciding factor: A private physician indicated that the Veteran's current left lower extremity problem (chronic venous insufficiency) could not be dissociated from his active military service, and the Veteran provided credible lay evidence of a continuity of such symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2015
- Citation
- 1523041
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