The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for residuals of cold injury to both feet, finding that the evidence did not warrant a rating in excess of the current 30 percent evaluations.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show any additional impairment or complications that would justify an evaluation higher than the currently assigned 30 percent ratings under Diagnostic Code 7122 for cold injury residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury of the right foot, cold injury of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0300122
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for cold injury residuals of both feet, as the criteria were not met.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for increased evaluations of cold injury of the right and left feet as the appellant died during the appeal process.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's cold injury of the left foot was granted a rating of 30 percent effective March 21, 2018.,The Veteran's TDIU claim was also granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evaluation of his service-connected cold injuries of the bilateral feet, including consideration of recent VA treatment records and additional medical examination.
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