The Veteran is seeking service connection for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) that he claims is related to his service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD). The Board has determined that additional development, including obtaining records from the Social Security Administration and an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of PVD, is necessary.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim requires further clarification on the etiology of his peripheral vascular disease (PVD) as it relates to service connection. The Board has determined that additional development is needed to ensure all relevant evidence is considered and a complete record is available for review.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1600360
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for peripheral vascular disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for peripheral vascular disease. The issues of service connection for emphysema, COPD, congestive heart failure, hypertension, and pulmonary vascular disease (idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension) are remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected peripheral vascular disease were denied as the evidence did not show that he met the criteria for a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7114.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Peripheral Vascular Disease, a Heart Disability manifested by chest pain (including coronary artery disease), and Carotid Artery Stenosis due to the lack of evidence showing these conditions were present in service or until many years thereafter, and they are not shown to be related to service.
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