The Board has granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral vascular disease and superficial thrombophlebitis, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's service-connected right total knee replacement residuals and sarcoidosis.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the diagnosed bilateral leg peripheral vascular disease with claudication, including superficial thrombophlebitis, is etiologically related to the service connected right total knee replacement residuals and sarcoidosis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, superficial thrombophlebitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23025498
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