The Board has found that a timely substantive appeal was received with respect to the issues of service connection for frostbite of the hands and whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for frostbite of the feet.
The deciding factor: The veteran's substantive appeal was received within the time frame allowed by law, despite some procedural lapses in notification.
- Claimed conditions
- frostbite
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0418386
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 271 · Granted: 23% (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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's chilblain and frostbite of the bilateral hand and fingers were granted service connection as they are related to his active military service.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for frostbite of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, finding no current diagnosis. Service connection was granted for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to in-service cold exposure.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment, warranting a TDIU.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for frostbite, finding it to be causally related to the Veteran's military service.
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