Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a higher disability rating for varicose veins of both lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the effects of medication.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical opinion addressing the effects of medication on the severity of the Veteran's varicose veins.
- Claimed conditions
- varicose veins of the left lower extremity, varicose veins of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- 25015334
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