The Board has granted service connection for peripheral vascular disease of the left and right legs, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected HIV.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided evidence that HIV infection is associated with a higher risk of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD), including in the lower extremities, which supports the grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral vascular disease of the left leg, Peripheral vascular disease of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24043489
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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