The Board denied service connection for right below the knee amputation and left toe amputation, both claimed secondary to frostbite. The claim of reopening a headache claim was granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since the last denial provided sufficient information to reopen the claim of service connection for headaches as a residual of a shrapnel wound to the head.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Below the Knee Amputation, Left Toe Amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0214245
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for PVD affecting both lower extremities and left and right below the knee amputations. The Veteran's hypertension is also rated at the initial 10 percent level.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death, and no service connection decision can be made.
- Denied
The Veteran's right below the knee amputation was not caused by VA negligence, and his service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for individual unemployability.
- Granted
The Board affirms the denial of service connection for a right below the knee amputation, but grants it based on secondary service connection due to a fall caused by his service-connected bilateral knee disability.
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