The Board has determined that the claim is well-grounded and granted service connection for chronic bilateral venous stasis, cellulitis, and dermatitis claimed as due to frostbite or cold injury during service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established a causal relationship between the appellant's current lower extremity vascular disorders and his reported in-service cold exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bilateral venous stasis, cellulitis, dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0023707
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