The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for ratings of frozen feet and for VA compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional genitourinary disabilities resulting from VA medical treatment received between August 1971 and November 1973.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not show that the veteran had sustained additional genitourinary disabilities as a result of VA medical treatment received from 1971 to 1973, and thus denied the claim under the applicable legal authority at the time.
- Claimed conditions
- Additional Genitourinary Disabilities, Frozen Feet
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0614210
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