Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial evaluation in excess of 40 percent disabling for venous insufficiency, left lower extremity; an initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent disabling for venous insufficiency, right lower extremity; and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the inadequacy of the VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The December 2021 and December 2022 VA examinations are inadequate as they failed to consider the Veteran's reported symptoms and medical evidence of bilateral lower extremity symptoms throughout the record, leading to a remand for a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- venous insufficiency, left lower extremity, venous insufficiency, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016992
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