The Board has restored service connection for peripheral artery disease of the four extremities due to a prior improper severance.
The deciding factor: The evidence presented supports the contention that the Veteran's peripheral artery disease was aggravated by his service-connected coronary artery disease and/or caused by presumed Agent Orange exposure, which presents reasonable disagreement as to how to weigh the facts.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral artery disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2019
- Citation
- A19002293
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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