The Board denied service connection for cold injury residuals of the feet prior to May 31, 2000. The veteran's claim was received on May 31, 2000.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than the date of receipt of the claim due to a final Board decision and lack of motion for reconsideration or clear and unmistakable error.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0109403
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current cold injury residuals of the hands and feet, diagnosed as secondary Raynaud’s syndrome, are as likely as not attributable to an in-service occurrence. Therefore, service connection is granted for both conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to missing service records, and a need for further examination to determine if the Veteran's current foot condition is related to his service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations of hypertension and epididymitis, as well as his claim to reopen the tuberculosis service connection issue, have been dismissed due to withdrawal requests from the Veteran.,The Veteran's appeal regarding cold injury residuals of the feet was also dismissed. The Board found that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen this previously denied claim.
- Granted
The Board has determined that there is equipoise of evidence regarding whether the Veteran's cold injury residuals of the feet are related to her military service. As a result, the claim for service connection is granted.
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