The Board denied service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, finding no evidence linking the condition to service or service-connected coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions found no causal relationship between the service-connected coronary artery disease and the peripheral vascular disease.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22019554
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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