The Veteran's left leg varicose veins have been rated at a 60 percent since August 11, 2015. The appeal for hypertension, cardiac disorder, lumbar spine disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded.

The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Appellant’s left leg varicose veins most closely approximated a 60 percent rating since August 11, 2015.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Left leg varicose veins","symptoms":["severe pain","aching in the leg after prolonged standing","fatigue in the leg after prolonged standing and walking","persistent stasis pigmentation","persistent edema that was not completely relieved by elevation of the extremity","an abrasion","chronic venous insufficiency","history of venous stripping"]}, {"condition_name":"Hypertension","symptoms":["severe pain","inflammation","persistent ulceration","swelling","cellulitis","severe atrophic changes","discoloration","edema","abrasion"]}, {"condition_name":"Cardiac disorder (not specified)","symptoms":["arteriosclerotic heart disease","supraventricular arrhythmia","valvular heart disease","hypertensive heart disease"]}, {"condition_name":"Lumbar spine disorder","symptoms":["demineralized lumbar vertebral bodies and lumbar spondylosis"]}, {"condition_name":"Right lower extremity disorder (not specified)","symptoms":["cramping and burning pain in the lower extremities","diagnosis of bilateral leg venous insufficiency with reflux and bilateral varicose veins","right leg cellulitis","diagnosis of atherosclerosis of the arteries of the extremities with intermittent claudication","constant lower extremity pain and edema"]}

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

60%

Decision date

November 15, 2019

Citation

19186386