The Veteran's leg ulcers are not service-connected, but his diabetes mellitus type II is rated at 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no direct link between the leg ulcers and service or any incident therein. The leg ulcers were also not determined to be aggravated by the service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- leg ulcers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 1, 2018
- Citation
- 18107238
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