The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the residuals of frostbite, finding no evidence of cold injury or its residuals in service.
The deciding factor: Service medical records and subsequent VA examinations did not show any evidence of frostbite or its residuals during service or at any time thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- frostbite
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0217533
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for frostbite, finding it to be causally related to the Veteran's military service.
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