The Board found that the veteran's residuals of frostbite (trenchfoot) warrant a combined 40 percent rating from January 12, 1998, based on separate 20 percent ratings for right foot peripheral neuropathy and a 10 percent rating for left foot peripheral neuropathy in addition to previously assigned 10 percent ratings for frostbite of each foot.
The deciding factor: The revised criteria for cold injury residuals more accurately reflected the range of effects, including complications such as peripheral neuropathy which were separately evaluated under other diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- trenchfoot, peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0003407
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