The Board granted increased ratings of 60 percent for the Veteran's service-connected peripheral vascular disease (PVD) of both lower extremities and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his bilateral PVD.
The deciding factor: The evidence was evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's service-connected bilateral lower extremity PVD, alone, precluded all substantially gainful employment for which he would otherwise be qualified by education and experience.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) of the right lower extremity, Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054728
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Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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