The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for residuals of a shrapnel wound of the right arm, service connection for cold injury to the feet, and service connection for malaria. The Board found that there was no evidence of muscle or nerve involvement from the shell fragment wound, and current residuals were not shown for cold injury or malaria.
The deciding factor: The veteran's shell fragment wound did not result in any functional loss due to service-connected disability, and current residuals of cold injury and malaria were not shown.
- Claimed conditions
- shrapnel wound of the right arm, cold injury to the feet (not currently shown), malaria (not currently shown)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0209036
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
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