The Board granted an increased rating of 30 percent for the veteran's cold injury residuals of both feet, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the veteran had nail abnormalities, color changes, locally impaired sensation, and x-ray abnormalities (osteoporosis) in his feet due to his service-connected cold injury residuals. The majority of his current problems were attributed to his cold injury rather than diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury of the right foot, cold injury of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0413777
Veterans Law Judge
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for cold injury residuals of both feet, as the criteria were not met.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for increased evaluations of cold injury of the right and left feet as the appellant died during the appeal process.
- Granted
The Veteran's cold injury of the left foot was granted a rating of 30 percent effective March 21, 2018.,The Veteran's TDIU claim was also granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evaluation of his service-connected cold injuries of the bilateral feet, including consideration of recent VA treatment records and additional medical examination.
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