The Board denied service connection for residuals of frostbite of the hands and feet as there is no evidence of current disability or a link to service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing current residuals of frostbite of the hands and feet, nor any link between the condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- frostbite of the hands and feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0301011
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Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's motion for revision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in an April 2022 rating decision, as it was not properly raised with the AOJ first.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for epistaxis, frostbite of the hands and feet, lumbar spine disability, and eye disorder due to inadequate opinions in previous VA examinations.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal, and there is no surviving appellant.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim of service connection for hand and feet residuals of frostbite is granted, as well as her claim for bilateral hip trochanteric pain syndrome. The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise regarding these conditions and thus granted service connection.
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