The Board has determined that the Veteran's peripheral artery disease (PAD)/peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is not causally or etiologically related to his service, and it is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD). Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners determined that there was no evidence linking the Veteran's current PAD/PVD to his service, and they concluded that the condition is not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected CAD.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral artery disease (PAD)/peripheral vascular disease (PVD), Bilateral leg condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22036707
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