The veteran does not have cold injury residuals of both feet that may be attributed to his active military service and the Board finds no evidence of current disability.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing current residual disability from a cold injury incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to both feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0616601
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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