Enlarged, twisted veins visible under the skin, most commonly occurring in the legs due to weakened or damaged vein valves.
Because the ratings depend on specific findings in your leg or legs, medical records and examination findings that document those findings directly support your claim at each level.
For a 10% rating, records showing complaints of leg aching or fatigue after standing or walking, along with notes about swelling that goes away when you elevate the leg or wear compression stockings, are relevant. For a 20% rating, exam or treatment notes documenting persistent swelling that does not fully resolve with elevation, with or without early skin color changes or eczema, help show that level. For 40% and 60% ratings, records that confirm persistent edema alongside stasis pigmentation, eczema, or ulceration — and whether ulceration is intermittent or persistent — are key distinctions. For a 100% rating, documentation of massive, hard (board-like) edema with pain that continues even while at rest would be needed.
Personal statements from you or people who know you describing how symptoms affect standing, walking, and daily activities can help show the functional picture that medical records may not fully capture. If more than one leg is involved, records addressing each leg separately are useful.
Conditions that are often caused or made worse by this one. If you have any of these, they may be claimable as secondary service connection.
