The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus (DM) is not found to be the cause of his lymphedema of the left and right lower extremities or a heart infection. The Board denied entitlement to service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examiners determined that the Veteran’s lymphedema was not caused by his DM, and there was no evidence of a heart condition related to his DM.
- Claimed conditions
- lymphedema of the left lower extremity, lymphedema of the right lower extremity, heart infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142451
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for lymphedema of the right lower extremity, finding that there is no medical evidence linking it to service or a service-connected condition.
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