The Board denied service connection for peripheral vascular disease of the left lower extremity, right lower extremity, left upper extremity, and right upper extremity.,The Veteran's hypertension was rated at 10 percent initially but increased to 100 percent effective January 29, 2023. The TDIU claim is dismissed as moot from that date.
The deciding factor: There was no persuasive evidence of current peripheral vascular disease in any extremity.,The Veteran's hypertension warranted a 100% schedular rating effective January 29, 2023, which rendered the TDIU claim moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Left Lower Extremity, Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Right Lower Extremity, Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Left Upper Extremity, Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Right Upper Extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24028210
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