The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for additional development of his service connection claims for frostbite residuals, including obtaining missing medical records and information from Social Security Administration.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that further efforts are needed to locate the inpatient treatment records at the 8th Army Field Hospital and obtain any relevant SSA records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of frostbite, left foot, residuals of frostbite, right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0406187
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's combined disability rating is 60%, which does not meet the criteria for a TDIU. The case is being referred to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, residuals of frostbite in the left foot, and residuals of frostbite in the right foot. The Veteran's current disabilities are found to be related to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of frostbite in both feet as there is no evidence of current disability and the Veteran's symptoms are consistent with athlete’s foot, which he already has a separate service connection for.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected residuals of frostbite affecting both feet are contemplated by the assigned schedular rating and no referral for extraschedular consideration is warranted.
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