The Board has granted service connection for residuals of cold injury to the hands, feet, and nose. Service connection for peripheral vascular disease is also granted.
The deciding factor: Service records show exposure to cold during active duty in Korea, leading to cold injuries that resulted in current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury of the hands, residuals of cold injury of the feet, residuals of cold injury of the nose
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0214406
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The issues include vertigo/dizziness/poor balance, which may be secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss, bilateral pes planus, and/or residuals of cold injuries of the feet; and residuals of cold injury of the hands.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The issues include vertigo/dizziness/poor balance, residuals of cold injury of the hands, residuals of cold injury of the feet, and bilateral pes planus.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current hearing loss is not related to active service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection. The cold injuries residuals claims are being remanded as additional development is needed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's death was not due to his service-connected residuals of cold injury of the feet, hands, and ears. The examiner concluded these conditions did not contribute substantially or materially to the cause of death.
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