Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a heart condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lymphedema and granted an initial 20% rating for a painful and unstable scar on the right mid-shin, effective April 14, 2022. Other claims were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's heart condition was etiologically related to his service-connected lymphedema and granted an initial 20% rating for a painful and unstable scar on the right mid-shin based on the evidence of record, including a private medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart condition (non-ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure), Asthma, Lymphedema of right lower extremity, Lymphedema of left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108250
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