The Board granted service connection for right leg above the knee amputation as secondary to service-connected coronary artery disease, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by Dr. K.G. established a link between the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease and his right leg above the knee amputation, leading to the grant of service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg above the knee amputation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097487
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,726 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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