The Board has granted service connection for cold injury residuals of the hands and feet, effective from August 21, 1997. The combined rating is now at 50 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim was based on direct evidence showing his condition existed prior to August 21, 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals of the hands and feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0302735
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 999 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation 0302735.
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the residuals of a cold injury to the hands and feet, finding credible evidence that the Veteran experienced pain and discomfort in his hands and feet since separating from service.
- Denied
The Board denied a change in the Veteran's vocational rehabilitation training program due to his refusal to pursue a pharmacist goal and his inability to find employment as one, despite physical limitations.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for cold injury residuals of the hands and feet, including Raynaud's syndrome. The duodenal ulcer was assigned an initial evaluation of 10 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a new examination and clarification of service connection issues.
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