The Veteran's service-connected venous insufficiency of the left and right lower extremities are granted at a 40 percent disability rating, effective February 17, 2012.
The deciding factor: Persistent edema and stasis pigmentation were noted throughout the period on appeal, meeting the criteria for a 40 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 7120.
- Claimed conditions
- venous insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20074905
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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