Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for varicose veins of the lower extremities and denied an initial rating higher than 50 percent for a mental health disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on secondary causation by obesity, which itself is linked to the Veteran's service-connected mental health disability. An increased rating was not supported due to the severity of symptoms not meeting criteria for a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- varicose veins of the lower extremities, mental health disability (major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate with anxious features)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25106934
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