The Board previously granted service connection for residuals of frozen feet, but the issue of service connection for cause of death must be reconsidered as it relates to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection for cause of death requires readjudication due to the presence of a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- frozen feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0022225
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, finding no evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The veteran's request for a higher disability rating for tinnitus was denied. All other claims for service connection were remanded for further review.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, but denied service connection for athlete's foot and frozen feet. The Veteran was found to have symptoms consistent with other specified trauma-and-stressor-related disorder due to in-service events, while the evidence did not support a diagnosis of athlete's foot or frozen feet.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for frozen feet, increased rating for sinusitis, and earlier effective date for bilateral hearing loss were denied. The claim for service connection of frozen feet was reopened but not granted.
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