The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right foot, left foot, vascular, hip, and knee disabilities as well as his acquired psychiatric disorder, all of which are found to be proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected orthopedic injuries.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided link the Veteran’s current conditions to his in-service injury, finding that they are at least as likely as not caused by or related to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot disability (pes planus and plantar fasciitis), Left foot disability (pes planus and plantar fasciitis), Vascular disability of the right lower extremity (DVT and varicose veins), Right hip disability (status post hip joint replacement), Right knee disability (meniscal tear and ACL tear), Acquired psychiatric disorder (major depressive disorder with anxious distress, panic disorder, unspecified alcohol use disorder)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20033825
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