The Board has determined that the veteran does not have residuals of cold injuries to any of his extremities or neck, and bilateral defective hearing. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing current disabilities related to cold exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"residuals, cold injury, right lower extremity"}, {"condition_name":"residuals, cold injury, left lower extremity"}, {"condition_name":"residuals, cold injury, right upper extremity"}, {"condition_name":"residuals, cold injury, left upper extremity"}, {"condition_name":"residuals, cold injury, neck"}, {"condition_name":"residuals, cold injury, ears"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2005
- Citation
- 0500325
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What this means for you
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