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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Decisions by this judge: 1,547 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected cold injury to the left foot and right foot were granted a rating of 30 percent each from April 12, 2011 to October 1, 2012.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployment (TDIU) is being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinion regarding his employability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the nature and etiology of his claimed cold injury disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has dismissed the issue of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a cold injury to the left foot due to withdrawal by the Veteran. The low back disability claim is being remanded for additional development.
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