The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity cellulitis and painful scars in the bilateral lower extremities, finding that there was no evidence to support a nexus between these conditions and active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's cellulitis did not manifest during service or is otherwise related to service, as evidenced by the absence of treatment for cellulitis during service and the normal skin evaluations at separation. The painful scars were also deemed unrelated to service due to the denial of the underlying cellulitis claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity cellulitis, painful scars in the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23003796
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral lower extremity cellulitis, finding that there was no in-service injury or disease related to the condition and that it did not begin during active service. The Board also found that there is no relationship between the current disability and the service-connected left inguinal herniorrhaphy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining an addendum opinion to address the etiology of the Veteran's cellulitis and whether it is aggravated by any service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral lower extremity cellulitis, finding that it was not related to his active service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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