The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right leg amputation above the knee as secondary to his service-connected idiopathic thrombocytopenia with splenectomy.
The deciding factor: The weight of evidence supports that the Veteran's right leg amputation was proximately due to his service-connected idiopathic thrombocytopenia with splenectomy.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg amputation above the knee, idiopathic thrombocytopenia with splenectomy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20027556
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