The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to a lack of medical evidence linking his current disabilities to cold weather exposure during service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that the veteran currently has any disability attributable to cold weather exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-operative disfiguring scars from basal cell carcinoma excisions, Compensable disability ratings for post-operative residuals of basal cell carcinoma excisions, Tender scar, left antihelix, Tender scar, bridge of nose, Tender scar, left medial canthus, Left eyelid with tear duct damage and disfigurement
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0401618
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What this means for you
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