The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, hypertension, bilateral varicose veins, left thigh disability, and gastrointestinal disability (gastric ulcer). The issues of entitlement to non-service-connected pension benefits and elevated cholesterol have been dismissed.
The deciding factor: New evidence was received that relates to an unestablished fact and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral varicose veins, left thigh disability, gastrointestinal disability (gastric ulcer)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2021
- Citation
- 21026140
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, finding that there was no credible evidence linking these conditions to his military service and concluding that any additional disability was not caused by VA care.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left thigh disability, claimed as a left hamstring disability due to insufficient evidence regarding direct incurrence of the condition during service.
- Whole decision: Denied
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