The Board has granted service connection for varicose veins postthrombotic syndrome antithrombin deficiency and DVT, left and right lower extremities (claimed as severe bilateral leg varicosities and cellulitis), finding that the Veteran's symptoms began in service and have continued to the present.
The deciding factor: The Board found a causal relationship between the Veteran's documented leg symptoms in service and his subsequent diagnosis of DVT, which is not related to the congenital condition of antithrombin III deficiency.
- Claimed conditions
- varicose veins postthrombotic syndrome antithrombin deficiency, DVT (deep vein thrombosis), severe bilateral leg varicosities and cellulitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2021
- Citation
- A21017437
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's non-VA medical expenses for December 21, 2016, January 4, 2017, and January 11, 2017 at Essentia Health are granted as the treatment was related to an adjudicated service-connected disability (peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities with carpal tunnel syndrome) and delay in seeking care would have been hazardous.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for DVT of the right leg due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to new evidence and procedural issues.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for DVT or thrombophlebitis of the right leg, finding that there was no evidence linking this condition to an incident in service or a service-connected disability.
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