The Board has granted service connection for DVT of the right lower extremity and pulmonary embolus as secondary to service-connected right knee arthroplasty, finding that these conditions are aggravated by the surgery.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's orthopedic surgeon provided medical opinions supporting the aggravation theory based on prolonged immobilization after his total knee replacement.
- Claimed conditions
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the right lower extremity, Pulmonary embolus
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23023061
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the right and left lower extremities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral pes planus and DVT of the right lower extremity were granted ratings, with the DVT rated at 60 percent prior to September 20, 2017.
- Granted
The Veteran's DVT of the right lower extremity is rated at 60 percent effective January 28, 2019. The residuals of a fracture of the distal right tibia are rated at 30 percent since October 15, 2010.
- Granted
The Veteran's death was caused by a service-connected condition, multiple myeloma, which developed after his military service in Korea. The Board found that the fatal pulmonary embolus may have been a complication of the Veteran's underlying multiple myeloma.
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