Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date prior to August 6, 2020, for the grant of a 20 percent rating for right leg varicose veins status post-surgery.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show persistent edema incompletely relieved by elevation of extremity or any eczema, ulceration, or subcutaneous induration prior to August 6, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg varicose veins status post-surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107223
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