The Board has granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity PVD, finding that the condition was aggravated by his service-connected atrial fibrillation.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician's opinion supported the Veteran’s claim of aggravation beyond its natural progression due to his service-connected atrial fibrillation.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) of the left lower extremity, Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19163784
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 29, 2005, for the grant of service connection for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) of both lower extremities and denied increased ratings for PVD from August 25, 2005, to July 6, 2006, with a rating of 20 percent granted from July 7, 2006, to July 6, 2007. The Board also denied an effective date prior to August 25, 2015, for the grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) of the bilateral lower extremities, finding that it is not related to service-connected ischemic heart disease or any in-service injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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