The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower extremities, finding no evidence that it was incurred in or aggravated by service. The Board also found insufficient medical opinion to support a secondary service connection claim based on his service-connected pes planus.
The deciding factor: There is no competent, probative medical evidence linking the Veteran's current peripheral vascular disease to service or service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20069097
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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