The Veteran's bilateral varicose veins and related conditions are remanded for further evaluation. The TDIU claim is also remanded due to the inextricable interconnection with other pending claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not met the schedular criteria for a TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16 (a), but his service-connected disabilities interfere with his ability to maintain employment throughout the appeal period, necessitating referral to the VA Director of Compensation Service for consideration of an extraschedular TDIU rating.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral varicose veins, left lower extremity radiculopathy, lumbar disability, lumbar scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20062710
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for diabetes mellitus type II and bilateral varicose veins due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology. The Veteran's service connection claims are not granted as there is no direct evidence linking his conditions to his active service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied the claims for right knee disability, erectile dysfunction, GERD, sleep apnea, and hypertension. The decision is remanded for further action on these issues.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for middle and index trigger finger/stenosing tenosynovitis of the right hand, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The earliest effective date is June 30, 2012, for the right hand condition and April 22, 2016, for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
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