The Board has denied service connection for a left leg brace and skin cancer of the ears, but granted service connection for left leg deep vein thromboses as part of his service-connected peripheral arterial/vascular disease. The claims for rheumatoid arthritis and left leg neurological disability (drop foot) are being remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's use of a leg brace was not a valid service connection claim, while the skin cancer diagnoses were not related to Agent Orange exposure or service-connected conditions. The deep vein thromboses were deemed part of his service-connected peripheral arterial/vascular disease. The rheumatoid arthritis and left leg neurological disability claims are being remanded for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg brace, skin cancer of the ears, left leg deep vein thromboses (blood clots), rheumatoid arthritis, left leg neurological disability (drop foot)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19126632
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Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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