The Board denied service connection for pulmonary emboli, left lower extremity DVT, and right lower extremity DVT as there is no evidence of these conditions during active service or related to service.,Service connection was granted for a left hand condition due to its proximate relationship to the Veteran's service-connected left wrist fracture.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support an in-service incurrence or aggravation of pulmonary emboli, left lower extremity DVT, right lower extremity DVT, or a left hand condition.,Service connection was granted for the left hand condition as it is proximately due to the service-connected left wrist fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Emboli, Left Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Right Lower Extremity DVT, Left Hand Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2021
- Citation
- A21018043
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