The Board has granted the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection of bilateral lower extremity varicose veins and found that new evidence supports a finding that he developed this condition during active service. The Board also found that there is at least equipoise evidence in favor of the Veteran's claim, thus granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided competent lay testimony describing symptoms of varicose veins during service which were later diagnosed and documented in medical records post-service. This evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity varicose veins
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19144659
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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for entitlement to service connection for bilateral lower extremity varicose veins was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election under the Appeals Modernization Act.
- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable initial rating for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for cervical spine disorder, right carpal tunnel disorder, left carpal tunnel disorder, bilateral upper extremity varicose veins, and bilateral lower extremity varicose veins.
- Partly granted
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