The Veteran's service-connected left and right lower extremities DVT disorders are granted with a 10 percent rating effective April 18, 2014.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner noted intermittent edema and aching in both lower extremities after prolonged standing and walking, which approximated the impairment level for a 10 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for DVT.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), right lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19142907
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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