The Board has granted service connection for cold injury residuals of the left hand and feet, but denied service connection for a crush injury to the left hand. The veteran's account of his inservice injuries was accepted as true.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence established that the veteran suffered from cold injury residuals, with no findings of a crush injury.
- Claimed conditions
- crush injury to the left hand, cold injury to the left hand, cold injury to the right foot with loss of half of the toenail, cold injury to the left foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2005
- Citation
- 0501085
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