The Board granted service connection for peripheral artery disease, finding a relationship between the condition and the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence, including the Veteran's testimony and a private physician's opinion, supported the claim for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral artery disease (PAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091202
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 831 · Granted: 48% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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