The Board granted service connection for venous stasis ulcers and remanded the issue of a left elbow disability for further development.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the positive etiological opinion from the May 2024 addendum, which supported the appellant's claim despite some inaccuracies in previous determinations. The Board found that the evidence supports service connection for venous stasis ulcers but remanded the left elbow disability issue due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- venous stasis ulcers, left elbow disability (presumed to be degenerative arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25003323
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