The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease and diabetes mellitus, type II with impotence were denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for higher evaluations under applicable VA rating criteria.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not demonstrate that the Veteran met the criteria for a higher evaluation based on his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Left Lower Extremity, Diabetes Mellitus, Type II with Impotence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1645679
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for peripheral vascular disease of the left lower extremity, right lower extremity, left upper extremity, and right upper extremity.,The Veteran's hypertension was rated at 10 percent initially but increased to 100 percent effective January 29, 2023. The TDIU claim is dismissed as moot from that date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional VA etiology opinions to address the Veteran's reported symptoms in service and thereafter, including those related to peripheral vascular disease of the lower extremities and chronic frostbite conditions of the hands.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 is denied because he was not continuously rated as totally disabled for a period of at least ten years prior to his death, nor was he continuously rated as totally disabled for a period of at least five years from his date of discharge from active military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for LLE PVD and RLE PVD as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II. The claim for a compensable disability rating for malaria is remanded.
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