The Board has granted service connection for residuals of cold injuries to the right and left feet, with initial evaluations of 20 percent each. The effective date remains November 30, 2001.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted after the decision became final, which led to a reconsideration of the prior denial and grant of service connection for cold injuries to both feet.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injuries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 29, 2005
- Citation
- 0517656
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that further development is necessary before the issue of service connection for residuals of cold injuries can be decided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran seeks service connection for various conditions allegedly related to cold injuries sustained during his military service in Korea. The claims are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining unit history and morning reports from relevant periods.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case back to the RO for a review of additional evidence and further development before deciding on the service connection claims.
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