The Board denied service connection for arteriosclerosis obliterans of the right and left lower extremities, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's service or any service-connected disabilities. The decision also denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for carotid artery disease with multiple strokes and left eye amaurosis fugax due to alleged negligence in the 1996 endarterectomy.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no evidence showing a causal relationship between the Veteran's arteriosclerosis obliterans and his service or any service-connected disabilities, including his right eye blindness. The progression of these conditions after the surgery is considered a reasonably foreseeable result of the surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerosis obliterans of the right lower extremity, arteriosclerosis obliterans of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21006180
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