The Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral arterial disease and carotid artery stenosis are being remanded due to the need for clarification on previous diagnoses and further examination.
The deciding factor: The prior diagnosis of peripheral artery disease is no longer valid, or whether the Veteran does in fact have diagnosed peripheral arterial disease, and if so, whether it is related to service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Arterial Disease, Carotid Artery Stenosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24047948
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication with diminished peripheral lower extremity pulses due to a duty-to-assist error. Additional development is needed, including obtaining treatment records prior to February 2021 and an updated TERA memorandum.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Peripheral Vascular Disease, a Heart Disability manifested by chest pain (including coronary artery disease), and Carotid Artery Stenosis due to the lack of evidence showing these conditions were present in service or until many years thereafter, and they are not shown to be related to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's peripheral arterial disease and thrombophlebitis deep vessels of the lower extremities are granted as secondary to service-connected hypertension.,Hypertension is granted with an effective date of August 12, 2020.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, service connection for various knee and spine disorders, and an acquired psychiatric disorder are being remanded due to the need to obtain updated medical records from private providers and to provide VA examinations.
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