The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for low back pain, finding new and material evidence. The claim remains denied as there are no residuals of frozen feet found on examination.
The deciding factor: New evidence did not show any organic residuals of frostbite of the feet.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Frozen Feet, Low Back Pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0100700
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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.
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