The VA denied compensation for permanent worsening of the Veteran's peripheral vascular disease of the right leg due to a January 2004 surgical procedure performed at the Indianapolis VAMC, finding that the surgery did not result in additional disability.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of medical evidence showed no additional disability resulting from the VA-provided care.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral vascular disease of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18113608
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