The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected cold injury residuals of the feet, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable VA rating schedule.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed no edema, erythema, inflammation, or tissue loss in the veteran's feet. The neurological and musculoskeletal examinations were intact, with normal toenails, color, and neurological examination results.
- Claimed conditions
- frozen feet with partial amputation of the right great toe, cold injury residuals of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0306333
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 386 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions regarding his ankle, knee, cold injury residuals, sciatica, TBI, and bilateral eye disorders. The RO will obtain any missing records from his service period in Germany and conduct further evaluations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee disability manifested by pain, left knee degenerative changes, lumbar spondylosis and multilevel discogenic disease, cold injury residuals of the upper extremities (right and left), and cold injury residuals of the lower extremities (right and left).
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for cold injury residuals of the right and left lower extremities, as well as status post amputations of the second toes on both feet. The decision is based on a finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, cold injury residuals of the bilateral hands, cold injury residuals of the left and right lower extremities, and hypertension as there was no evidence linking these conditions to service.
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