The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnoses of chronic venous insufficiency and venous stasis ulcers are not etiologically related to service, including as due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The left arm scar is currently rated as noncompensable. For the period prior to June 10, 2013, the Veteran's service connected diabetes mellitus type II does not warrant a compensable rating. The reduction from 20 percent to a 10 percent rating for diabetes mellitus type II was proper.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record at the time of the October 2015 reduction demonstrated a sustained material improvement in the diabetes mellitus type II, and the Veteran's current diagnoses are not etiologically related to service or his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease with Ulcers
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2018
- Citation
- 1825943
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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